Today, this is the major source of water for people. When there is so much extraction, it affects others in connected areas.

Question

Read the following paragraph and write your opinion on it. 

'' Today, this is the major source of water for people. When there is so much extraction, it affects others in connected areas. It affects the stock of water that would be available for future generations. Therefore, one can’t allow individual landowners to extract as much water as they wish from their land. There should be some restrictions. These restrictions will be acceptable if we first delink the connection between ownership of land and water drawn from the underground system through tube-wells on the land. ''

Answer 1

1. Today groundwater is the main source for people. 

2. But excessive extraction of the groundwater is more effect to not only present people but also future generations. 

3. But there are no appropriate laws to regulate the usage of the groundwater resources. 

4. All the present laws were designed when the usage was minimum. 

5. The owner of the land is not the owner of the groundwater beneath his land. 

6. A link should be designed between the land ownership and control. 

7. The government should control the individuals in using underground water resources.