{"id":3401,"date":"2023-03-16T10:01:01","date_gmt":"2023-03-16T10:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vardhmanenvirotech.com\/blog\/?p=3401"},"modified":"2023-03-16T10:01:01","modified_gmt":"2023-03-16T10:01:01","slug":"ahmedabad-among-16-districts-that-use-up-more-water-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vardhmanenvirotech.com\/blog\/ahmedabad-among-16-districts-that-use-up-more-water-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Ahmedabad among 16 districts that use up more water: Study"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2018Against Increase in Water Supply, Demand Going Up More Rapidly\u2019
\nAhmedabad<\/strong> : With a few good years of rainfall and a significant rise in water distributed through the canals, Gujarat\u2019s water security scenario is better off now than it was a decade ago.However, even today, 16 of the 33 districts including Ahmedabad are \u2018water deficient\u2019 in terms of their demand and supply.<\/p>\n

\nA study titled \u2018Building Informed and Scalable Water Security Solutions for Gujarat,\u2019 carried out by Development Support Centre (DSC) and other NGOs, assessed the groundwater, surface water, crop pattern and water quality among other parameters based on both primary and secondary data to estimate the demand-supply gap and the way forward.<\/p>\n

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Photo courtesy: GreenBiz.com<\/p>\n

Mohan Sharma, executive director of DSC, said that a major highlight of the study was the demand outrunning the significant increase in supply. \u201cFarming and dairy sectors have increased in many districts, and thus we see that Banaskantha, Sabarkantha and Aravalli, etc. , do not have adequate local resources. While on one hand we have farmers, who draw excess water from the canals fearing irregular supply, on the other, we have farmers who dig up to 800 feet in search of water,\u201d he said, adding that over-exploitation in some blocks has affected water quality adversely, especially in terms of fluoride and iron.<\/p>\n

Sachin Oza, project anchor, said that the need of the hour is to secure the future by ensuring that region-specific crops are grown in accordance with water availability and climate.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe have recommended sowing millet varieties in Gujarat\u2019s eastern tribal belt in the International Year of Millets since they consume less water. We have also recommended widespread formation of integrated water management committees or participatory<\/p>\n

groundwater committees under initiatives such as Atal Bhujal Yojana which is already active in several districts of the state,\u201d he said, adding that some of the dairies have also done well in the state to reduce water intake.
\nThe team also stressed incentivizing villages that utilize existing infrastructure such as check dams, wells, etc. , by properly maintaining them as the primary survey indicated that many of these structures are in dilapidated conditions. Some of the crops the study recommended for its low water demand and relatively higher economic returns included castor, gram, cumin,brinjal, tomato, sesame, isabgol, coriander, urad, mustard, fennel, and okra in different regions. A majority of the millet varieties have relatively low water demand and yield low returns.<\/p>\n

Vardhman Envirotech<\/p>\n

India\u2019s Passionate rainwater company<\/p>\n

This article is published on: – TIMES OF INDIA – 13 MARCH \/2023<\/p>\n

We would like to spread this for the benefit of fellow Indians.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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