Groundwater and sustainable Irrigation

Published: Jan 31, 2017

WATER
Groundwater and sustainable Irrigation

Photo: Prasad
Women herding cattle home through a dry irrigation canal in 24 Parganas, West Bengal.

Abstract: The past decades have seen a rapid depletion of groundwater. A dedicated programme in a mission mode for scientifically guided solutions, aimed at water management of complex hydrological systems under variable climatic conditions, is thus urgently needed.

Author is Director, CSIR-National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad. virendra.m.tiwari@gmail.com