മാര്‍ച്ച് 22- ലോകജലദിനം. മൂന്നാം ലോകയുദ്ധം ജലത്തിന് വേണ്ടിയായിരിക്കും എന്ന് പറഞ്ഞുതുടങ്ങിയിരിക്കുന്ന കാലമാണിത്. ജലദൗര്‍ലഭ്യവും ജലമലിനീകരണവും മാരകമായ പ്രശ്‌നമായി ലോകമാകെ മാറിക്കൊണ്ടിരിക്കുകയാണ്. ഈയൊരു യാഥാര്‍ത്ഥ്യം കണ്ടിട്ടും കണ്ടില്ലെന്ന് നടിക്കുകയാണ് ഭരണകൂടങ്ങളും ജനങ്ങളും. ഉപഭോഗസംസ്‌കാരത്തിന്റെ പിടിയില്‍ പ്രകൃതിനിഷേധത്തിലധിഷ്ഠിതമായ ജീവിതരീതി ശീലമാക്കുന്ന പുതിയ കാലം ജലമില്ലാതെ ജീവനില്ല എന്ന സത്യം മനസ്സിലാക്കാതെ പോകുന്നു. ശുദ്ധജലത്തിന് സ്വര്‍ണത്തേക്കാള്‍ വില വരുന്ന കാലത്തേക്ക് ലോകം മാറികൊണ്ടിരിക്കുന്നു. ജനസംഖ്യ വര്‍ദ്ധിക്കുകയും ഭൂമിയില്‍ ജലം കുറയുകയും ചെയ്യുന്ന സ്ഥിതിയാണിപ്പോള്‍ .ഇന്ത്യ ഉള്‍പ്പെടെയുള്ള രാജ്യങ്ങള്‍ കടുത്ത ജലക്ഷാമം അനുഭവപ്പെടുന്ന രാജ്യങ്ങളുടെ പട്ടികയിലേക്ക് നീങ്ങുന്നു. കുടിവെള്ള സ്രോതസ്സുകളെല്ലാം ദിനം പ്രതി മലിനമാവുന്നു. മഹാനദികള്‍ ഇന്ന് മാലിന്യക്കൂമ്പാരങ്ങളാണ്. കിണറുകളും കുളങ്ങളും മലിനമാക്കപ്പെടുന്നു. ജലദൗര്‍ബല്യത്തിന്റെ തീവ്രത കാട്ടുന്ന ചില ചിത്രങ്ങള്‍ .

A farmer waters a wilted vegetable as they dramatize their flight during the observance of World Water Day in suburban Quezon City north of Manila, Philippines. The protesting farmers urged the government to increase spending on the construction and rehabilitation of existing irrigation system in the country and abandon its planned of privatization. (AP Photo/Pat Roque)

An Indian man bathes outside his shop on the outskirts of Mumbai, India, Thursday, March 22, 2012. UN estimates that more than one in six people worldwide do not have access to 20-50 liters (5-13 gallons) of safe freshwater a day to ensure their basic needs for drinking, cooking and cleaning. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

An Indian woman washes clothes outside her house in a slum on the outskirts of Mumbai, India, March 22, 2012. UN estimates that more than one in six people worldwide do not have access to 20-50 liters (5-13 gallons) of safe freshwater a day to ensure their basic needs for drinking, cooking and cleaning. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

A young India boy holds a pot after collecting water from a broken pipe in a slum on the outskirts of Mumbai, India, Thursday, March 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Young Indians carry drinking water on their bicycles on the outskirts of Jammu, India, Thursday, March 22, 2012.

An Indian man washes from a leaking pipeline on the outskirts of Jammu, India, Thursday, March 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

A young Indian boy carries drinking water to his house in a slum on the outskirts of Mumbai, India, Thursday, March 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

A girl descends the steps in front of her school's three-stalled bathroom in the Nueva Esperanza shantytown of Lima, Peru,March 9, 2012. (AP Photo/ Martin Mejia)

A panoramic view of the dusty and dry Nueva Esperanza shantytown in Lima, Peru.(AP Photo/ Martin Mejia)

A Pakistani girl fills water containers loaded on a push-cart at a water collecting point set up by a businessman on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan on Wednesday, March, 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

A Pakistani boy fills water containers loaded on a donkey-cart at a water collecting point set up by a businessman on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan on Wednesday, March, 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

A Pakistani boy fills bottles with water at a hand-pump on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan on Wednesday, March, 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

A Pakistani boy drinks water at a drinking water filtration plant set up local administration in Islamabad, Pakistan on Wednesday, March, 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

An Indian boy fishes in a polluted pond in Hyderabad, India, Wednesday, March 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

Indians fill potable water for consumption from a leaking pipeline on the outskirts of Jammu, India, Wednesday, March 21, 2012.

Women carry water pots as they head back home after collecting water from a nearby point set up by a businessman in Islamabad, Pakistan on Wednesday, March, 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

A girl waits for a bucket to fill with water dripping from a pipe connected to a stream, on the eve of World Water Day in Gauhati, India, Wednesday, March 21, 2012. There is no direct supply of water at homes in most of the poor neighborhoods and people have to depend on regulated supply of water from public taps erected on roadsides, with a single tap catering to some hundreds of households. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Indian women and children wait in a queue for their turn to collect drinking water, on the eve of World Water Day in Gauhati, India, Wednesday, March 21, 2012. There is no direct supply of water at homes in most of the poor neighborhoods and people have to depend on regulated supply of water from public taps erected on roadsides, with a single tap catering to some hundreds of households. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

An Indian woman carries drinking water on the outskirts of Jammu, India, Wednesday, March 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

In the backdrop of a wall still covered with the recently concluded colors from the Indian festival of Holi, a local resident carries drinking water in the Dharavi slum area of Mumbai, India, Tuesday , March. 20, 2012. (AP Photo/ Rajanish Kakade)