This World Water Day Come Together & Pledge To Conserve It!

World Water Day is observed annually to emphasize the importance and conservation of freshwater.

As the name suggests, it is celebrated around the world with people conducting and propagating the importance of freshwater and its sustainable management by participating in a variety of events like drama, music, educational or just related to nature.

World Water had been designated by the United Nations back in 1993 and since then, it has gained popularity and awareness over the years.

Every year, UN-Water selects a theme for World Water Day and this year, the theme is “Nature for Water” aimed at encouraging people to look for answers in nature [1].

This means devising natural methods and solutions for issues like drought, floods, water pollution, etc.

The Idea Behind World Water Day

The idea of the event is to motivate people to gain awareness about the rising depletion of the most valuable natural resource – water and the problems around it.

It is a known fact that global water crisis is one of the major issues that require immediate attention and action. Water Scarcity, water pollution, and other sanitation-related issues.

Damaged ecosystems affect the quantity and quality of water available for human consumption. Today, 2.1 billion people live without safe drinking water at home that majorly affects their health, education and livelihoods.

Sustainable Development Goal 6 commits the world to ensure that everyone has access to safe water by 2030, and includes targets for protecting the natural environment and reducing pollution.

History of World Water Day

The birth of the idea of World Water Day was in 1992 when it was first formally proposed in Agenda 21 of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro. The first World Water Day was observed in 1993.

World Water Day Annual Themes Over The Years

1994: Caring for our Water Resources is Everybody’s Business

1995: Women and Water

1996: Water for Thirsty Cities

1997: The World’s Water: Is there enough?

1998: Groundwater – The Invisible Resource.

1999: Everyone Lives Downstream

2000: Water for the 21st century

2001: Water for Health

2002: Water for Development

2003: Water for Future

2004: Water and Disasters

2005: Water for Life Decade

2006: Water and Culture

2007: Coping With Water Scarcity

2008: Sanitation

2009: Trans Waters

2010: Clean Water for a Healthy World

2011: Water for cities: responding to the urban challenge

2012: Water and Food Security: The World is Thirsty Because We are Hungry

2013: International Year of Cooperation

2014: Water and Energy

2015: Water and Sustainable Development

2016: Better Water, Better Jobs

2017: Why Waste Water?

2018: Nature of Water

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu On World Water Day

Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu urges people to reduce, reuse and recycle water on World Water Day.

World Water Day, observed on 22 March every year aims at focusing attention on the importance of water and the need to preserve it.

He says “On World Water Day, reduce, reuse, and recycle water must be our watchwords if we have to hand over a liveable planet to the future generations,” the Vice President’s official handle said in a tweet.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to Twitter on the occasion of World Water Day saying that this day is an occasion to highlight and celebrate the importance of “Jal Shakti”.

The Prime Minister also said, “When water is conserved, our cities, villages and hardworking farmers benefit tremendously”.

This Is What Dharmendra Pradhan Has To Share About World Water Day

Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas took and shared a pledge for the preservation of water.

“This World Water Day let us come together and pledge for preservation and sustainable use of our water resources. Every drop counts, Let’s save water.”

Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani also tweeted, “Our culture holds water and rivers in very high esteem equating it to life itself and lay great emphasis on its conservation.

We at Possible stand united in our tryst to save water for today and the generations to come.

Because water is the most natural blessing that comes with innumerable health benefits along with weight loss.

Its conservation and judicial use should be our prime focus. The world is nothing without its natural resources, especially water.

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