Question

-Which of the following is a public facility that is not provided by the government?
A) Electricity
B) Bottled drinking water
C) Drinking water
D) All of these

Answer 1

Hint: Government provides basic public facilities as a welfare state. Bottled drinking water is a facility that is not provided by the government. The article's right to life includes the right to water which is a natural as well as a fundamental right.

Complete answer:
The government of India provides basic public facilities to its citizens such as electricity, drinking water, etc. The Right to life includes the right to drink clean water. In India, less than \[50\] percent of the population has access to clean drinking water. Impure drinking water causes diseases such as cholera, hepatitis B, etc. The excessive use of insecticides, pesticides in agricultural fields is polluting the groundwater. Other than this the untreated waste of industries directly going into land and water bodies results in contamination of both underground water and river water.
In a recent report, there is an alarming downfall in underground water levels in eleven districts of Bihar. Another report by NITI Ayog claimed that \[21\] cities including the metro cities such as Delhi, Bangalore, etc. will run out of water by \[2020\] and \[40\] percent of the Indian population will not have access to drinking water till\[2030\]. The government provides electricity and drinking water for the people and it helps to increase the basic structure of people.
So, the correct answer is Option B.

Note: - The assembly of the united nation-states that a person should have access to \[50-100\] liter of water every day. According to the United Nations, the right to have access to clean drinking water is a human right.