Friday, March 22, 2013

World Water Day


World Water Day
Celebrated every year on 22 March since 1993,official slogan was chosen from contestants of 180 countries. Ms Megha Kumar from India was the winner: “Water, Water Everywhere, Only if We Share”.

UN Water is a dedicated  organ of UN and was set up in2003. It coordinates water related efforts among member countries helps them to acnisers hieve centrally defined water preservation goals and chooses a theme.2013 is also the International Year of Water Cooperation.


Tajikistan has propsed  the need of water cooperation and sharing it equitably  and organisers are having a bold claim to “use water as an instrument of peace.”

I ein September 2013 , event World Water Week and will take place in Stockholm where experts will meet to discuss the planet’s most urgent water-related issues. 
97 % of water in oceans, 2 % in glaciers etc and only 1 % of potable water is available for seven billion population of the earth. Out of this 1 % , 60 % is used for agriculture and industry and only 40 % is used for domestic consumption.

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