Answer:
20 increasing demand for water is a challenge of India. The reasons are:
(i) India has a large population and resources are very limited. Ground water level is depleting due to excessive take off of water for domestic or agricultural use.
(ii) ?Rising demand of water for increasing population. Since water is limited and increasing population need water for daily necessities, it is creating problem.
(iii) There is rapid industrial growth and every industry needs water hence demand is increasing.
(iv) More water is required for irrigation to increase agricultural production as rainfall is highly variable.
(v) Urbanisation and modern life style has increased the demand as present days houses are equipped with showers and bathtub. Every house has their own car and they use water to clean/wash their car daily.
(vi) Water pollution has added to water shortage since Indian cities are not having sufficient/proper waste water treatment plant.
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