Water scarcity in India

Until and Unless the Modi Govt. restrict the area of high water consuming crops ( sugarcane, rice, etc) like that of Opium, the water crisis in India will continue to expand exponentially.

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1. Water scarcity is due to mono crop , water intensive crops like sugar cane, rice, wheat and lack of trees in farms. We need to go for less water intensive crops, avoid hybrid seeds, go for traditional seeds. rain water harvesting in rural and urban households. Ground water levels are very scary. Iam interested in joint venture with any one providing rain water harvest solutions, water save, treatment , afforestation solutions.

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3. The agriculture sector is dependent on ground water extracted by farmers using tube wells. 89 percent ground water use is for agriculture. The agriculture dependent on surface water is less. It is very difficult to recharge ground water at every place, where as ground water got stored blow ground in centuries. As the water for agriculture is extracted in large quantities through tube wells, the water level in open wells and in tube wells bored for drinking water is lowering at a very fast rates. There are dark zones in most of the districts of India. What will happen when 95 percent ground water in an aquifer will be extracted for agriculture. The situation has further deteriorated as the natural drainage channel areas are being used for domestic and commercial buildings and development works, preventing free flow of water to the downstream areas. mining activities are also causing large scale wastage of precious water and lowering water table. The farmers may be allowed to grow less water consuming crops, but not the rice and sugar cane etc. it is high time taht Modi Govt may bring a legislation for stoppage of extracting ground water for agriculture and disallowing sowing of high water consuming crops.

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   1. You are right, i agree with you

4. Each state also needs decide the maximum area that can be brought under irrigation both through surface water and groundwater. we can not go on expanding the irrigated area in a water stressed regions. Besides there is no water measuring and accounting for irrigation. Farmers are ready to pay higher charges for quality irrigation services, but our govt. departments are not capable to do so. In India creating water storages and declaring potential created is what the end of story. Although I am not generalizing this but it is the fact in most cases.

5. The agriculture sector consumes major portion of the available ground water and surface water in India. Until and unless, the water use efficiency in agriculture sector and areas in which high water consuming crops are grown ( restrictions like opium) are minimized , nothing is going to improve, even interlinking of rivers. Whether the policy makers of India are waiting for a day when most of the ground water in major portions of India is depleted and is not available for drinking, what to talk for agriculture ?

6. First estimate and ascertain water availability, and then utilize. Water demands override its availability. Better water utilization is not the only criteria, first comes its availability. People forget this. The water availability is neglected. Insure Ensure Water, and then one should guarantee supply/free water to others!