We learnt about natural resources like water, soil, forests, flora, fauna etc. and how to conserve them, in previous classes. We also learnt about the pollution of natural resources as a result of human activities.Natural resources are present in abundance, but do we really manage them properly?

We shall study about human interventions affecting them and efforts that are being made to sustain and save them.

Try to make a list of exhaustive natural resources in your locality. Try to find out about a particular resource especially one that is scarce in detail. Some questions below will help you to find out more about the resources.

Which resource in your locality is scares?

How does it affect you? Was the resource present in abundance earlier?

How did it become scarce over the years?

What can you do as a step towards saving a resource?

Let us study about two villages of Telangana State to make a study of an important resource and see what happens when it becomes scarce.

Case I: Situation in two villages Wanaparthy and Vaddicherla of Jangaon District


A survey was conducted in two villages,Wanaparthy and Vaddicherla of Jangaon District of Telangana region -the first with no-scarcity (good), and the second with scarce groundwater.Census of wells was carried out in the villages in order to get a complete picture of well irrigation and its status as well as availability of water. Basic information on irrigation under