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Which amongst the given the reasons are not responsible for water scarcity?

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Less rainfall
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Water pollution
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Planting of trees
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Poor farming practices
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Solution

The correct option is C Planting of trees
Water scarcity is the lack of availability of water resources to meet the increasing demand for water. It may be caused due to following reasons:

Less rainfall leads to a reduction in the groundwater level, which inturn affects the farmers who depend on groundwater for watering their crops.

Less than 1% of the total freshwater on the Earth is accessible to us. Polluting these freshwater sources further reduces the amount of consumable freshwater.

Poor farming practices like repetitive cropping culture results in the loss of soil moisture and nutrients. This can result in an increased demand for water.

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