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Class 8, Chapter-9 Civics public Facility, Q.1. Why do you think there are so few cases of private water supply in, the world?, Ans. i. Private companies throughout the world only operate for profit., To supply clean, pure water at affordable rate is not very affordable., ii. The facilities provided by the private companies will not be, affordable by all., Q.2. Do you think water in Chennai is available and affordable by all?, Discuss., Ans. No, water is not available and affordable in Chennai by all., i. Areas like Anna Nagar, where senior government officials reside,, have tap water for a major part of the day. Even during water scarcity,, a water tanker is arranged for them., ii. Residents of Mylapore get municipal water once in two days., iii. Madipakam gets water once in four days., iv. The residents of Saidapet, a slum area do not have separate water, connection of their own. The water comes only in common tap for 20, minutes twice a day., v. The water is not affordable to all. The middle class and rich people, can dig bore wells, buy water from tankers or even bottled water for, drinking. The poor have the least access to water., Q.3. How is the sale of water by farmers to water dealers in Chennai, affecting the local people? Do you think local people can object to, such exploitation of ground water? Can the government do anything in, this regard?, Ans. The sale of water by farmers to water dealers in Chennai is, affecting adversely the local people., i. The ground water-level of surrounding towns and villages have, dropped drastically resulting in the loss of drinking water to local, residents., ii. The private companies or water dealers pay farmers an advance for, the rights to exploit water sources on their land. These companies are, using a fleet of over 13,000 water tankers., Q.4. Why are most of the private hospitals and private schools located, in major cities and not in towns or rural areas?, Ans. Private hospitals and private schools are located in major cities, and not in towns or rural areas because:
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i. The infrastructural and modern facilities to run such institutes are, not available in town or rural areas., ii. The skilled and educated doctors and educationists reside in major, cities and very few of them would like to shift to rural areas or towns., Q.5. Do you think the distribution of public facilities in our country is, adequate and fair? Give an example of your own to explain., Ans. No, I think the distribution of public facilities in our country is not, adequate and fair., a. In major cities, there are pucca houses but in villages most of the, people are even living in Kuccha houses. This is not fair for the biggest, democratic country of the world., ii. There are so many areas and villages where good road, proper, schools, hospitals, good sanitation conditions, proper supply of pure, water and electricity are not accessible till date., iii. Even good hospitals and schools are also located in major cities, only., Q.6. Are all the public facilities shared equally by all the people in your, area? Elaborate., Ans. No, all the facilities are not shared equally by all the people in, your area. Nearly 20 percent people are living below the poverty line., They do not have a access to pure and clean drinking water., The rich people purchase sealed water bottles of branded companies., They have access to regular water supply through tap connections., Q.7. Data on some of the public facilities are collected as part of the, Census. Discuss with your class teacher when and how the census is, conducted., Ans. Census is conducted every ten years. The last census was, conducted in 2011., The government appoints special people to collect data from door to, door about population, occupation, access to public facilities. The, data is compared with last figures and planned figures and suitable, actions are taken., Q.8. Private educational institutions-schools, colleges, universities,, technical and vocational training institutes are coming up in our, country in a big way. On the other hand, educational institutes run by, the government are becoming relatively less important. What do you, think would be impact of this? Discuss.
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Ans. The impacts of privatization of education will be as follows:, i. The education will be more costly., ii. However, the new techniques of education will be followed with, modern instruments. The private companies, in the competition, try to, lend better facilities., iii. There will be more inequality in society because only people from, richer strata will be able to afford to send their children to private, institutions.
