Duniya ke kai hisse aise hain jahan pani ki bhari kami hai. Yeh samasya sirf ek khas jagah tak simit nahi hai, balki duniya ke alag-alag hisson mein log is pareshaani ka samna kar rahe hain. Bharat mein bhi kai rajyon aur shehron mein pani ki kafi kamee dekhi ja sakti hai, jisme Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra aur Madhya Pradesh ke kai hisson mein ye samasya vyapt hai.
Jahan pani ki kami hoti hai, wahan jeevan jeena mushkil ho jata hai. Peene ka pani tak uplabdh nahi hota, kheti sukhi rehti hai, aur jan-jeevan par iska gehra prabhav padta hai. Gaon ke logon ko rojana kai kilometer door tak chal kar pani lana padta hai, jo ek bahut badi samasya hai. Shehri kshetron mein bhi jab pani ki supply kam hoti hai, tab tanker ya borewell ka sahara lena padta hai. Yeh sirf ek din ki dikkat nahi, balki ek lambi samasya hai jo har saal garmiyon mein aur gehri ho jati hai.
Pani ki kami hone ke peeche kai karan hote hain. Sabse bada karan hai barish ki kami. Kai jagah aisi hain jahan monsoon kamzor padta hai aur pani ka sankalan sahi tarike se nahi ho pata. Dusra karan hai adhik pani ka bejah istemal. Hum pani ki bachat par dhyan nahi dete aur bina soche-samjhe iska upayog karte hain. Udyogon aur shehri vikas ke wajah se bhi pani ka star din-ba-din neeche ja raha hai.
Yeh samasya tab aur bhi gambhir ho jati hai jab hum dekhte hain ki kai jagah par pani ko vyarth kiya jata hai. Pani bachane ke liye jal sanrakshan avashyak hai. Rainwater harvesting, drip irrigation aur wastewater treatment jaisi techniques ko apnana hoga. Sarkar bhi is mamle mein kai yojanayein bana rahi hai, lekin yeh tabhi safal hongi jab log bhi is taraf sajag honge.
Agar hum aaj pani ki mahattva nahi samjhenge, toh bhavishya aur bhi kathin ho sakta hai. Har vyakti ko chhoti-chhoti aadatein dalni hongi jaise ki pani bachana, zyada pani waste na karna aur ped-paudhon ko lagana. Yeh sirf ek vyakti ki nahi, balki samaj ki zimmedari hai. Agar hum sab milkar is samasya ka hal dhundhne ka prayaas karenge, toh ek din pani ki kami se mukt samaaj ka sapna sach ho sakta hai.