HSC Unit: 12; Lesson: 1; Water, Water Everywhere
Water, water, every where,
And all the boards did shrink;
Water, water, every where,
Nor any drop to drink
Coleridgeâs poem, a ballad, narrates the harrowing sea-voyage of an old mariner who at one point of his journey didnât have any water to drink because of a curse.
āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋ, āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋ, āĻ¸āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻ¤ā§āĻ°
āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻā§āĻ° āĻĄā§āĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻ āĻā§āĻĒāĻ¸ā§ āĻā§āĻ˛
āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋ, āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋ, āĻ¸āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻ¤ā§āĻ°
āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻ āĻĢā§āĻāĻāĻžāĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ
āĻāĻ˛āĻ°āĻŋāĻ-āĻāĻ° āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤āĻž, āĻāĻāĻāĻ¨ āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āĻ§ āĻ¨āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻŽ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻļāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻž āĻ¤ā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻ§āĻ°ā§āĻā§, āĻ¯āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° (āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĻā§āĻ°) āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻžā§ā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻļāĻžāĻĒā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻŖā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨āĻ¨āĻŋāĨ¤
Cursed or not, we know how important drinking water is in our life. We know we cannot survive without it. In fact two-thirds of our body is made up of water. Not for nothing is it said that the other name of water is life.
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻļāĻĒā§āĻ¤ āĻšā§āĻ āĻŦāĻž āĻ¨āĻž āĻšā§āĻ, āĻāĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻŦāĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻ¤āĻāĻž āĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻāĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻā§āĻ¤āĻĒāĻā§āĻˇā§ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻļāĻ°ā§āĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻĻā§āĻ-āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§ā§āĻžāĻāĻļ āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻ āĻŋāĻ¤āĨ¤ āĻāĻāĻž āĻ āĻ¨āĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻž āĻšā§ āĻ¨āĻž āĻ¯ā§, āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ° āĻ āĻĒāĻ° āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽ āĻā§āĻŦāĻ¨āĨ¤
Is there a crisis in our time with regard to access to clean drinking water? The United Nations in a meeting on the eve of the new millennium identified the drinking water problem as one of the challenges for the future.
āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻĻā§āĻ§ āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻā§āĻžāĻ° āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° (āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨) āĻ¸āĻŽā§ā§ āĻā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯āĻž āĻāĻā§ āĻāĻŋ? āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻļāĻ¤āĻžāĻŦā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻžāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¸āĻāĻ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻāĻžā§ āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ¯āĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻ¤āĻŽ āĻā§āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§ āĻāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
But do we need to worry about the problem as ours is a land of rivers and we have plenty of rainfall? Besides, we have a sea in our backyard too.
āĻ¯ā§āĻšā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻĻā§āĻļ āĻ¨āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻĻā§āĻļ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻā§āĻ° āĻŦā§āĻˇā§āĻāĻŋāĻĒāĻžāĻ¤ āĻšā§, āĻ¤āĻžāĻ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻā§ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻ¨ āĻšāĻā§āĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§ā§āĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻā§ āĻāĻŋ? āĻ¤āĻžāĻāĻžā§āĻž, āĻĒāĻžāĻļā§āĻ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻā§āĨ¤
One of the sources of water in our country are the rivers. Rivers are everywhere in our life, literature, economy and culture. But are the rivers in good shape? Unfortunately, they are not.
āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻĻā§āĻļā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ° āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻ¤āĻŽ āĻā§āĻ¸ āĻšāĻ˛ā§ āĻ¨āĻĻā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻŦāĻ¨, āĻ¸āĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯, āĻ āĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ āĻ¸āĻāĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ¸āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻ āĻ¨āĻĻā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻžāĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¨āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻ āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžā§ āĻāĻā§? āĻĻā§āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻļāĻ¤ āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻ¤āĻž āĻ¨ā§āĻāĨ¤
A few are already dead and several are going through the pangs of death. The river Buriganga is an example of a dying river. A report published in the Daily Sun describes what has happened to the river Buriganga and why.
āĻāĻŋāĻā§ (āĻ¨āĻĻā§) āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§ āĻŽāĻ°ā§ āĻā§āĻā§ āĻāĻ° āĻāĻŋāĻā§ (āĻ¨āĻĻā§) āĻŽā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯ā§āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻšāĻ° āĻā§āĻŖāĻā§āĨ¤ āĻŦā§ā§āĻŋāĻāĻā§āĻāĻž āĻ¨āĻĻā§ āĻšāĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋÂ āĻŽā§āĻ¤āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžā§ āĻ¨āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖāĨ¤ āĻĻā§āĻ¯ āĻĄā§āĻāĻ˛āĻŋ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ¨- āĻ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻļāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¨ā§ āĻŦā§ā§āĻŋāĻāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§ āĻā§ āĻāĻā§āĻā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻā§āĻ¨ (āĻāĻ āĻĻā§āĻ°āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž) āĻ¤āĻž āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻšā§ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
Itâs water is polluted and a perpetual stench fills the air around it. But that is not what it was like before. The report says that the river had a glorious past.
āĻāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻˇāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻžāĻŽ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¸āĻā§ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻ¤ā§āĻ˛ā§āĻā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŦā§ āĻ¯ā§-āĻ°āĻāĻŽ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ (āĻāĻ) āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻ¨āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ° āĻ¨ā§āĻāĨ¤ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¨ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻā§ āĻ¯ā§ āĻāĻ āĻ¨āĻĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ° āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻ°āĻŦāĻā§āĻā§āĻŦāĻ˛ āĻ āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
Once it was a tributary of the mighty Ganges and flowed into the Bay of Bengal through the river Dhaleshwari. Gradually, it lost its link with the Ganges and got the name Buriganga.
āĻāĻāĻĻāĻž āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻļāĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻļāĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻā§āĻāĻž āĻ¨āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻĻā§ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ§āĻ˛ā§āĻļā§āĻŦāĻ°ā§ āĻ¨āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§ āĻĻāĻŋā§ā§ āĻŦāĻā§āĻā§āĻĒāĻ¸āĻžāĻāĻ°ā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšāĻ¤ā§āĨ¤ āĻā§āĻ°āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻŦā§ā§ āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§ āĻ¸āĻāĻ¯ā§āĻ āĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻŋā§ā§ āĻĢā§āĻ˛āĻ˛ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻŦā§ā§āĻŋ āĻāĻā§āĻāĻž āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽ āĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻ°āĻ˛āĨ¤
The Mughals marveled at the tide level of the Buriganga and founded their capital Jahangirnagar on its banks in 1610. The river supplied drinking water and supported trade and commerce.
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Jahangirnagar was renamed Dhaka which grew into a heavily populated city with a chronic shortag e of space. The city paid back the bounty of the river by sucking life out of it!
āĻĒā§āĻŖāĻ°āĻžā§ āĻāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻā§āĻā§āĻ°āĻ¨āĻāĻ°āĻā§ āĻĸāĻžāĻāĻž āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽāĻāĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻšāĻ˛ā§ āĻ¯āĻž āĻ¤ā§āĻŦā§āĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻāĻāĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻˇā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻž āĻ āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻ¨āĻŦāĻšā§āĻ˛ āĻ¨āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŖāĻ¤ āĻšāĻ˛ā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻ° (āĻ¨āĻĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ°) āĻā§āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻļāĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻļā§āĻˇā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻ¨āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ° āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻ°āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻ˛āĨ¤
According to newspaper report, the Buriganga is dying because of pollution. Huge quantities of toxic chemicals and wastes from mills and factories, hospitals and clinics and households and other establishments are dumped into the river every day.
āĻ¸āĻāĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¨ āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻžā§ā§, āĻĻā§āĻˇāĻŖā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻŖā§ āĻŦā§ā§āĻŋāĻāĻā§āĻāĻž āĻŽāĻ°ā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻ˛āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻž, āĻšāĻžāĻ¸āĻĒāĻžāĻ¤āĻžāĻ˛-āĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ āĻ āĻā§āĻš āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāĻ¨āĻž āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻŖā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇāĻžāĻā§āĻ¤ āĻ°āĻžāĻ¸āĻžā§āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ āĻĒāĻĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻāĻ¨āĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ āĻ¨āĻĻā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§āĻˇāĻŋāĻĒā§āĻ¤ āĻšā§āĨ¤
The city of Dhaka discharges about 4500 tons of solid waste every day and most of it is directly released into the Buriganga. According to the Department of the Environment (DOE), 20,000 tons of tannery waste, including some highly toxic materials, are released into the river every day.
āĻĸāĻžāĻāĻž āĻ¨āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžā§ ā§Ēā§Ģā§Ļā§Ļ āĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻāĻ¨āĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻŽā§āĻā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻ° āĻ āĻ§āĻŋāĻāĻžāĻāĻļāĻ āĻ¸āĻ°āĻžāĻ¸āĻ°āĻŋ āĻŦā§ā§āĻŋāĻāĻā§āĻāĻžā§Â āĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§āĻˇāĻŋāĻĒā§āĻ¤ āĻšā§āĨ¤ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦā§āĻļ āĻ āĻ§āĻŋāĻĻāĻĒā§āĻ¤āĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻ¤āĻĨā§āĻ¯ āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻžā§ā§, āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻ āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇāĻžāĻā§āĻ¤ āĻĒāĻĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻ¸āĻš āĻāĻžāĻŽā§āĻž āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° ā§¨ā§Ļ,ā§Ļā§Ļā§Ļ āĻāĻ¨ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ āĻ¨āĻĻā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§āĻˇāĻŋāĻĒā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
Experts identified nine industrial areas in and around the capital city as the primary sources of river pollution: Tongi, Tejgaon, Hazaribagh, Tarabo, Narayanganj, Savar, Gazipur, Dhaka Export Processing Zone and Ghorashal.
āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻˇāĻā§āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻ¨āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻāĻŋāĻ¤āĻ°ā§ āĻ āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻĒāĻžāĻļā§ āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻŋ āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻāĻ˛āĻžāĻāĻž āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋ, āĻ¤ā§āĻāĻāĻžāĻāĻ, āĻšāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ, āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻŦā§, āĻ¨āĻžāĻ°āĻžā§āĻŖāĻāĻā§āĻ, āĻ¸āĻžāĻāĻžāĻ°, āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻĒā§āĻ°, āĻĸāĻžāĻāĻž āĻ°āĻĒā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ¨āĻŋÂ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻā§āĻ°āĻŋā§āĻžāĻāĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻ˛āĻžāĻāĻž āĻ āĻā§ā§āĻžāĻļāĻžāĻ˛āĻā§ āĻ¨āĻĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻˇāĻŖā§āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻĨāĻŽāĻŋāĻ āĻā§āĻ¸ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§ āĻāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻšā§ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
The river would need a monsterâs stomach to digest all the wastes mentioned above. There is a limit up to which it can put up with its cruel and thoughtless treatment.
āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ¸āĻŦ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻāĻ¨āĻžāĻā§ āĻšāĻāĻŽ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¨āĻĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ° āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļāĻžāĻ˛ āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻ˛ā§āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§ā§āĻāĻ¨ āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻāĻŋ (āĻŦā§ā§āĻŋ āĻāĻā§āĻāĻž āĻ¨āĻĻā§āĻ°) āĻ¨āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ ā§āĻ° āĻ āĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦā§āĻāĻ āĻāĻāĻ°āĻŖ āĻ¸āĻšā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻŽāĻž āĻāĻā§āĨ¤
We the humans have successfully killed one of our rivers. There are other rivers in the country that are being subjected to similar thoughtless treatment.
āĻāĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻŦāĻā§āĻ˛ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¨āĻĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻ¸āĻĢāĻ˛āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻšāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻž āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĨ¤ āĻĻā§āĻļā§ āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¨āĻĻā§ āĻ°ā§ā§āĻā§ āĻ¯ā§āĻā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ°ā§āĻĒ āĻ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŖāĻžāĻŽāĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļā§ āĻāĻāĻ°āĻŖā§āĻ° āĻļāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻšāĻā§āĻā§āĨ¤
Unless we take care of our rivers there may come a time when we will cry âwater, water’ and find it nowhere.
āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¨āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻž āĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻŋ, āĻāĻāĻāĻž āĻ¸āĻŽā§ āĻāĻ¸āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻ¯āĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻŦāĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻŋā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻŦ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ āĻ¤āĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻŦ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤
English | āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ˛āĻž |
Vocabulary
1.Ballad (n) 2.Narrate (v) 3.Harrowing (adj) 4.Mariner (n) 5.Survive (v) 6.Crisis (n) 7.Backyard (n) 8.Unfortunately (adv) |
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ°
1.āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤āĻž 2.āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž 3.āĻāĻ°āĻŽ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻļāĻžāĻā§āĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ 4.āĻ¨āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻ 5.āĻŦā§āĻāĻā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻž 6.āĻ¸āĻāĻāĻ 7.āĻĒāĻļā§āĻāĻžā§āĻāĻžāĻ, āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ 8.āĻĻā§āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻ°āĻŽā§ |
English | āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ˛āĻž |
Vocabulary
09. Perpetual (adj) 10. Stench (n) 11. Glorious (adj) 12. Tributary ( (n) 13. Marveled (adj) 14. Chronic (adj) 15. Shortage(n) 16. Bounty (n) |
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ°
ā§Ļā§¯. āĻ¨āĻŋā§āĻ¤ ā§§ā§Ļ. āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ ā§§ā§§. āĻā§āĻ°āĻŦāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤/ āĻā§āĻ°āĻŦāĻŽā§ ā§§ā§¨. āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻĻā§ ā§§ā§Š. āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻ¤ ā§§ā§Ē. āĻ¤ā§āĻŦā§āĻ° ā§§ā§Ģ. āĻāĻžāĻāĻ¤āĻŋ ā§§ā§Ŧ. āĻĻāĻžāĻ¨ |
English | āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ˛āĻž |
Vocabulary
17. Tannery (n) 18. Expert ( n) 19. Treatment (n) |
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ°
ā§§ā§. āĻāĻžāĻŽā§āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻž ā§§ā§Ž. āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻˇāĻā§āĻ ā§§ā§¯. āĻāĻāĻ°āĻŖ |