Water Day is being celebrated today with various programs all over the world with the main slogan of 'glacier protection'. It is believed that this day will provide important education in the context of increasing urbanization, industrialization, climate change, changes in rainfall patterns, water crisis arising from many factors including excessive water use.

With the self-awareness that glaciers are drying up due to climate change in recent days and this is adding a big challenge to human life and nature as a whole, this time the main theme of Water Day is conservation of glaciers.

Every year since 1993, this day is celebrated on March 22 and is a global initiative of the United Nations focused on the importance of safe and clean water. This day has been helping to take necessary strategic steps for safe and clean water management and increase public awareness about it.

A total of 97.5 percent of the world's water is from the sea. Because that water is salty, it cannot be used for drinking, irrigation and electricity generation. Due to the inability to use water properly, the problem is increasing all over the world. According to the International Water Management Organization, nine thousand cubic meters of water is needed for one person every year.

Only 2.5 percent of the available water in the world is potable. Water available from springs, streams, rivers, glaciers is suitable for human use. The water available in the north and south poles of the earth is considered suitable for human consumption.

In the case of Nepal, the total water resource consumption capacity per capita is 3,600 cubic meters, but the current consumption rate in our country is 393.5 cubic meters per capita.

There is 13 trillion 86 billion square kilometers of water in the world. Traditional sources of water are drying up due to the rapid industrialization of industrialized nations, climate change and temperature rise. In recent years, the glaciers have been drying up, and around one billion people in the world are facing water problems.

It is necessary to move forward considering the impact of climate change on the world, greenhouse gas emissions, glaciers and glaciers breaking up. Human encroachment on the river has increased, underground water has been withdrawn in an irregular manner, and no attention has been paid to recharging the water. Rainwater is also being wasted.

According to the United Nations, 40 to 60 percent of water is leaked and misused. If more than seven billion people around the world are provided with water only at the rate of 25 liters, one trillion 75 billion liters of water will have to be supplied.

Although Water Day was successful in attracting the attention of the international world to the rapidly growing urban population, factories and the uncertainty of climate change, conflicts in urban water systems and natural disasters, there are widespread complaints that achievements have not been achieved for effective implementation.

Even though Nepal is a country rich in water resources, due to lack of proper management, the citizens are not getting proper amount of water, proper use is not being done and effective management is not being done.

The government has been conducting a week-long program with the aim of awakening public awareness about the interrelationship between water and energy in Nepal, conducting a debate at the water use policy level, identifying stakeholders in the water and energy sector, activating the parties concerned about the interrelationship between water and energy, and bringing organizations working in the field of water and energy under one umbrella.