We Need Drinking Water and Not Coke & Pepsi in Rural India

Coke, Pepsi are just for luxury whereas water is a basic need. How can people living in rural areas address their luxury when even their basic needs such as food, electricity etc are not fulfilled? so, obviously we need to take care of the basic requirements of these people first and then think about their luxury.

I totally agree with this discussion we need pure drinking water then soft drinks that and harm to our health in many different ways do you know that Pepsi n coca cola contain 0. 001% alcohol and high levels of 4-methylimidazole (4-MI) , a known animal carcinogen. The carcinogen forms when ammonia or ammonia and sulfides are used to manufacture the “caramel coloring” that gives those sodas their distinctive "brown colors".

After knowing that do you still want to drink it?

Hi friends, I do agree with the topic. Drinking water is very much essential in daily life and it plays a major role concerned to the ecosystem of human beings. But whereas soft drinks like pepsi, coke will make a person cause to indefinite health hazardous and they are dangerous to ones life. At present most of the rural people are suffering a lot for not getting pure drinking water the govt has to take certain measurements to provide a pure drinking water to rural people.

1. It is obvious that water will be our basic needs.

2. Cool drinks in rural areas cannot be much influence people in rural areas because people who says in rural area are mostly below the poverty.

3. People in rural areas are not aware of health hazards caused by cool drinks because of the content of carbonation, sugar or fructose, phosphoric acid, sodium and excess calories which results in reducing the wbc cells and affecting respiratory system.

4. Nowadays water is not available like olden days, people uses to transport water from long distance and few rural areas people don't get pure water also.

Yes as most of my friends said there is no substitute for water and these days we can see that there is no proper facility for people in rural areas and there are even villages where they have to walk for kms apart just to get water from tanks and borewells so when this is the thing happening in most of the villages they just can't see for pepsi and coke.

Hi friends,

In my view, Everyone choose Water as first preference when feeling thirsty. Because of the modernization of this world Pepsi, coke are developing in foreign countries, But in our country, they are also try to replace their product in place of water. In future generations may be these drinks are replaced because of sacristy of water.

In general when a person in thirsty, he used to have a glass of water. But now a days things made different by that situation he would like buy a soft drink. In olden days when a person visits to our home, we used to give a glass of water to that person. Nowadays it becomes passion while giving a glass of soft drinks like maza, cook, People do not think the problem behind that companies would prepare those drinks with harmful chemicals. While having those drinks their would be chance of stomach diseases. So the Govt Should restrict these companies and make awareness among the people about those soft drinks and educate them about the importance of our traditional homemade drinks like coconut water, lemon water, butter milk. Etc.

Ancient days our grand fathers drinking the water only. They drink pure water. So they have good health. But now a days the water is polluted by the people. This water very important in our daily life this water purify the wastes in our body, the coke and soft drinks do this work? no they give harmful to the body, so why we give the so much important than water so don't waste money buying this soft drinks. There is no important to improve this soft drink companies because there is no use at all. So the gov planes how to save the water, they give suggestion to the people, and build the companies for purify the water.

Hello guys,

I agree with all above views of my friends, according to my view that water is most important to survive. People live without coke & Pepsi, but not live without water.

In urban areas like big big company, waste lots of waters, to used personal needs. But it affect rural areas people, they fight a drop of fresh water.

The topic raises a concern on the lack of availability of basic life resources in rural areas of India. As per the recent report by Rangarajan, around 29.5% of the Indian population lives below the poverty line, and the majority of that belongs to the rural areas. I think it's imperative that the basic necessities like water are sufficiently available for people in rural areas, if the govt is unable to provide basic necessities, how can we think of raising the standards of rural india, I mean that is the least that can and should be done.