Vol. 9, Issue 5, Part E (2023)

Abstract
The simplest, yet the most complex; the most abundant, yet the scarcest; the showers of mercy and the harshest face of fury-WATER is the driving force of life on earth. Humankind that built kingdoms and civilizations around it and thrived, did not spare a thought about the resource that was sustaining it. In his mad race to build empires, both geographical as well as financial, man continued to brutally exploit this precious element of nature, greatly harming both its quantity and quality. The world has only just woken up to the disaster that is staring it in its face. The shocks that the world is witnessing all over, in the form of droughts and floods, rising sea levels and declining water tables, melting glaciers and expanding deserts have stirred it from its deep slumber and apathy. There is still hope of arresting this decline. It is necessary to treat it as a global common and make collective efforts to save it. The present paper discusses the seriousness of the problem, and attempts to offer possible solutions and suggest the scope of further studies.