INCEPTION REPORT ON NAQUIM-2.0 OF RAIPUR URBAN, DHARSIWA BLOCK, RAIPUR DISTRICT, CHHATTISGARH STATE
Category |
Aquifer Mapping |
State |
Chhattisgarh
|
District |
Raipur |
Block |
Dharsiwa |
Year of Issue |
2023 |
Number of Authors |
1 |
Name of Authors |
Priyanka B. Sonbarse |
Keywords |
NAQUIM 2.0, Inception Report, Raipur Urban, Artificial Recharge Plan, Ground Water Quality, Aquifer Management Plan, CGWB, Urbanization, Geophysical surveys, Chandi Limestone |
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NAQUIM studies carried out in Dharsiwa block in 2020-21 by CGWB stressed on reducing the ground water draft in the command area and encourage farmers to take less water consuming crops such as Maize/Finger Millet (Ragi) instead of cultivating summer rice, which requires up to 1500 mm of irrigation water. This will reduce the groundwater development by up to 70%. The reasons behind the high development of groundwater include excessive withdrawal of groundwater, low yield and transmissivity of the aquifer, and localised fractures. Field irrigation should be replaced with channel irrigation in command and non-command areas, and micro irrigation methods should be used in command and non-command areas. Mass awareness, incentives, assured prices, better marketing, technology development, model crop specific to the area, animal grazing, group or community fencing, training programmes, and other media should be used to discourage farmers from taking summer rice.