Hindi/26mins 50secs/2002
Producer: Devika Moktan, Doordarshan Kendra, New Delhi

Subject Focus: To bring home the message that water is life. Safe drinking water is a basic right of a citizen, but right entails duties too.

Summary: It is about the importance of water in this planet. Water being the very essence of life on this planet, the programme has tried to showcase the problem of drinking water in rural, as well as urban India. Water scarcity is taking the shape of global problem. The mindless denudation of green cover from earth has caused a serious depletion in ground water levels. Providing safe potable water to people is the responsibility of the state. But barring the developed cities like Delhi, the scene in rural India, in respect of safe potable drinking water, is very critical. The documentary has tried to delve into the problem with holistic approach.

Producer’s/Director’s Profile: Working in the electronic media since last twenty-seven years in different capacities. Presently working in Doordarshan as Assistant Station Director. In the last ten year, has produced programmes relating to social issues, including a series of documentaries on Human Rights. Mukti Se Garima Tak, a documentary on women empowerment, won the Doordarshan Annual Award 2001. Jal Jiwan Hai -Been Paani Sab
Soon, has won the Public Service Broadcasting Award in 2002.