so it is very important to cultivate the awareness by doing small things to ensure there is less wastage of water personally i avoid bathing under the shower and use a bucket of water instead these help to water the garden with drip mechanism only then will we be able to use the natural resource judiciously girijaoak godbolebeing aware of the water shortage is about being alert at all times though it is one of the hardest things to do i dont have a choice it was a conscious decision to avoid wastage of water and conserve it for the coming months from using just a bucket of water to bathe to telling their children to avoid water wastage these celebs are contributing their bit towards conserving water every day from basics like a leaking tap to not wasting a glass of water all of us in the family follow it however i would like to state that we need to plant more trees to ensure we have rains for example leaking taps or hoses i have instructed my domestic helps to clean the utensils in limited water and not keep the tap running we also reuse water for flushing and washing cars and perhaps time to rethink on ways of conserving them we have been harvesting rain water in our housing society for a few years now in my society we have limited the use of water by cutting down on the supply i use a bucket to bathe amruta khanvilkar actorit is alarming the way there has been a depletion of our natural resources in the recent past also i wash my utensils once a day children are assertive and can help us resolve most of these problems it takes common sense and awareness to make sure you arent wasting water i have made my son aware of the scarcity of water i make it a point to plant trees every month there are some of us who know that the state is under drought conditions but wont do anything dont let taps run ahmed ebrahim founder pune jazz clubthe most immediate thing that one can do to conserve water at an individual level is to avoid wastage of water at home if we have to save water we need to make others around us alert the alarming drought condition of western maharashtra has hit the city too apart from the authorities doing their bit i believe we should also contribute towards saving water one should ensure taps are not running at any point of the day now the utensils are washed in a single bucket of water and the tendency to use more water for washing them has been reduced stop washing cars everyday amar kulkarni guitaristi have stopped washing my car everyday and so have the members of my society the next immediate step i took was to put up two litre water bottles in my garden i let him cry but not at the cost