Water is one of the essential items which a human need for its survival. Along with being a basic need, it also acts as a basic constituent for the ecosystem to survive. Ecosystem consists of people and the culture to which they belong. India has been accompanied by severe decline in per capita water availability during the past 50 years.  As we all know, India is an agrarian economy, which implies more requirement of water. Thus, excess demand of water accompanied by less supply of the same resulted in pressure on the groundwater level due to which over-exploitation of ground water was seen. Gujarat state falls in a water stressed zone of the country. Also, water availability and scarcity causes socio-economic disparity in the region. Poor literacy rate in water deficit area was noticed apart from that, concentration of industry and housing in the regions which did not have water problems, lead to development of that particular area only. In order to ensure a balanced development there is no other alternative but to transfer water from surplus area to scarce areas of the state.

Which of the following is NOT an objective of sustainable development?

To bring a catastrophic change in the environment

Sustainable development refers to utilisation of the resources in such a way that it is kept for the future generation in the same way, if not in a better condition. "Catastrophic" refers to sudden great damage, which is not something that sustainability refers to.