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WATER CONSERVATION IN INDIA

    1 Author(s):  DR SURENDER KUMAR

Vol -  11, Issue- 5 ,         Page(s) : 41 - 46  (2020 ) DOI : https://doi.org/10.32804/CASIRJ

Abstract

Water is one of the important renewable natural resource, no one can survive without it either humans or animals. India has 18% of the world’s population and only 4% of the world’s water resources, which are depleting rapidly. The aim of the study is to highlight the strategies and solutions of water conservation in India. The demand for water is expected to grow from 42 billion cubic meters (bcm) currently to around 220 bcm in 2025. Water is one of the most important inputs essential for crops. Both its shortage and excess affects the growth and development of the plants, yields and quality of produce. There are numerous methods to reduce such losses and to improve soil moisture. These are mulching, cropping, planting of trees, utilization of fog or dew by net-surfacing traps or polythene sheets, contour farming, transfer of water from surplus areas to deficit areas by inter-linking water systems through canals, desalination technologies such as distillation, electro-dialysis and reverse osmosis, use of efficient watering systems such as drip irrigation and sprinklers will reduce the water consumption by plants. The secondary data are the base of this study. The most important step in the direction of finding solutions to issues of water and environmental conservation is to change people's attitudes and habits; this includes each one of us.

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