In a series of tweets, the Prime Minister said;

“Over the last few years, it is heartening to see water conversation become a mass movement, with innovative efforts taking place in all parts of the nation. I would like to appreciate all those individuals and organisations who are working towards saving water.”

“अद्भिः सर्वाणि भूतानि जीवन्ति प्रभवन्ति च।।

On World Water Day, let’s reaffirm our pledge to save every drop of water. Our nation is undertaking numerous measures like Jal Jeevan Mission to ensure water conservation and access to clean drinking water for our citizens.”

“माताओं और बहनों के जीवन को आसान बनाने में जल जीवन मिशन अत्यंत प्रभावी साबित हो रहा है। जन–जन की भागीदारी से घर-घर नल से जल पहुंचाने का संकल्प पूरा होगा।”

“Together, let’s further water conservation and contribute to a sustainable planet. Every drop saved helps our people and enhances our progress.”

The importance of water
World Water Day, held on 22 March every year since 1993, focuses on the importance of freshwater.

World Water Day celebrates water and raises awareness of the 2.2 billion people living without access to safe water. It is about taking action to tackle the global water crisis. A core focus of World Water Day is to support the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 6: water and sanitation for all by 2030.

Groundwater, making the invisible, visible
This 2022, the focus is groundwater, an invisible resource with an impact visible everywhere.

Groundwater is water found underground in aquifers, which are geological formations of rocks, sands and gravels that hold substantial quantities of water. Groundwater feeds springs, rivers, lakes and wetlands, and seeps into oceans. Groundwater is recharged mainly from rain and snowfall infiltrating the ground. Groundwater can be extracted to the surface by pumps and wells.

Life would not be possible without groundwater. Most arid areas of the world depend entirely on groundwater. Groundwater supplies a large proportion of the water we use for drinking, sanitation, food production and industrial processes.

It is also critically important to the healthy functioning of ecosystems, such as wetlands and rivers.

We must protect them from overexploitation – abstracting more water than is recharged by rain and snow – and the pollution that currently haunts them, since it can lead to the depletion of this resource, extra-costs of processing it, and sometimes even preventing its use.

Exploring, protecting and sustainably using groundwater will be central to surviving and adapting to climate change and meeting the needs of a growing population.

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And, the actor is at it again. On late Sunday night, the actor quote retweeted a picture, which claimed to be a satellite photo of India during the #9pm9minutes activity. PM Narendra Modi had appealed to the nation to switch off all lights of houses on April 5 at 9 PM for 9 minutes, and just light a candle, ‘diya’, or flashlight, to show the unity of Indians in the fight against coronavirus.

“When the world was wavering! Hindustan was shining! Today’s picture is telling this,” the picture was tweeted alongside this post. Bachchan quote retweeted the photo by writing, “The World sees us.. we are ONE..”
The World sees us .. we are ONE

A little digging quickly showed that the picture was not a satellite photo of India during the #9pm9minutes activity on Sunday, but rather, a photoshopped image of Google’s visualisation of the global effects of the #MeToo movement that showed all of India brightly lit up with people searching for information about the movement.

Soon after Bachchan’s tweet went viral, netizens started trolling him for sharing yet another “fake WhatsApp forward” on social media.

One user wrote, “And the #KingOfFakeNews is back appreciating a Whatsapp forward. Request
@TwitterIndia to suspend him and save us the daily embarrassment.” (sic)

Another tweeted, “Whatsapp ruined the celebs by unmasking them and exposing their superlative levels of stupidity.”

It is the third time that Bachchan, who has been raising awareness about the deadly virus via PSAs and short films, has attracted criticism for sharing a post that many on social media say is unverified and fake.

Earlier, during the Janta curfew announcement by Modi on last Sunday, Bachchan had tweeted a fake theory that claimed vibrations from clapping, blowing conch shells would have reduced or destroyed coronavirus potency as it was “amavasya”, the darkest day of the month.

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“Wishing our honourable Prime Minister, @narendramodi ji a very happy birthday. Wish you all the good health and success in your pursuit of taking our nation to greater heights,” Kohli tweeted. “Happy Birthday Hon. PM @narendramodi ji. Your vision for a healthier and cleaner India is an inspiration for all. May you always be blessed with good health in life,” Tendulkar tweeted.

Opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan also wished PM Modi on his birthday. 

“Thank you for all your efforts towards making our country greater than ever, sir,” Dhawan wrote in his birthday wish.

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