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Meri saheli magazine
Meri saheli magazine published this aticle page no 18 in fact indias water demand at present is dominated by irrigational needs. as shown in fig. 6.2 and 6.3 agriculture accounts for most of the surface and ground water utilisation it accounts for 89 per cent of the surface water and 92 per cent of the groundwater utilisation. while the share of industrial sector is limited to 2 per cent of the surface water utilisation and 5 per cent of the ground-water the share of domestic sector is higher...
Meri saheli magazine
Meri saheli magazine published this aticle page no 19 demand of water for irrigation in agriculture water is mainly used for irrigation. irrigation is needed because of spatio-temporal variability in rainfall in the country. the large tracts of the country are deficient in rainfall and are drought prone. north-western india and deccan plateau constitute such areas. winter and summer seasons are more or less dry in most part of the country. hence it is difficult to practise agriculture without assur...
Meri saheli magazine
Meri saheli magazine published this aticle page no 20 it has also been found that irrigated lands have higher agricultural productivity than unirrigated land. further the high yielding varieties of crops need regular moisture supply which is made possible only by a developed irrigation systems. in fact this is why that green revolution strategy of agriculture development in the country has largely been successful in punjab haryana and western uttar Pradesh Read More....
Mahindra current affairs magazine Mahindra current affairs magazine published this article page no 26 in punjab haryana and western uttar pradesh more than 85 per cent of their net sown area is under irrigation. wheat and rice are grown mainly with the help of irrigation in these states. of the total net irrigated area 76.1 per cent in punjab and 51.3 per cent in haryana are irrigated through wells and tube wells. this shows that these states utilise large proportion of their ground water potential which has resulted in ground water depletion in these states Read More....
Mahindra current affairs magazine Mahindra current affairs magazine published this article page no 27 the over-use of ground water resources has led to decline in ground water table in these states. in fact over withdrawals in some states like rajasthan and maharashtra has increased fluoride concentration in ground-water and this practice has led to increase in concentration of arsenic in parts of west bengal and bihar. the per capita availability of water is dwindling day by day due to increase in population. the available water resources are also getting polluted with industrial agricultural and domestic effluents ...