We still do not have any electricity at many places in our country. Even at places which do not have electricity, imagine what would happen if there were no electricity for one week. What are the things that would be difficult to manage without it?
If there is no electricity in our city, there would be great scarcity of water. We would not able to use TV, computers etc. Even the mobile phone would not work. Work in offices etc. cannot be possible either. In other words, life will come to a stand-still.
(i) Save electricity by switching off unnecessary lights and fans.
(ii) Reuse of used envelopes, plastic bottles.
(iii) Opt for carpool.
(iv) Cycling to school.
Four changes I would like to incorporate in our lifestyle in a move towards a sustainable use of available resources are:
(i) I will collect plastic, paper, glass and metal items...
Subsistence agriculture is still practiced in certain parts of the country due to following reasons:
(i) Small farmers have smaller landholdings which are uneconomical.
(ii) Poor farmers don’t have expensive fertilizers and...
In our country, women still lag much behind men despite some improvements since Independence. Women face disadvantage, discrimination and oppression in various ways :
(i) The literacy rate among women is...