some water resources projects hirakud dam project bhakranangal dam project sutlej river valley...

Some water resources projectsHirakud dam projectBhakranangal dam projectSutlej river valley projectIndus valley projectUttar Pradesh Water Sector Restructuring Project

- India, February 19, 2002Integrated Watershed Development (Hills II)

Project

Total available & the utilizable surface-water resources

S.No Name of BasinAverage annual run-off(in m ham)

Utilizable flow

1. Indus Basin 7.70 4.93

2. Ganga Basin 51.00 18.50

3. Brahmaputra Basin 54.00 1.23

4. West-flowing rivers 28.80 6.92

5. East-flowing rivers 34.80 33.80

6. Luni & Ghaggar Basin 1.70 1.22

Total 178.00 66.60

ground-water recharge

S.Number Rock type formationAssumed percentage rainfall contributing to ground-water recharge

1.Hard-rock formations & the Deccan traps

10

2.Consolidated rocks(sandstone)

5-10

3. River alluvia 15-20

4. Indo-Gangetic alluvium 20

5. Coastal alluvia 10-15

6.Western Rajasthan sand dune

2

7. Intermontane valleys 15-20

North eastern water resources development and utilisation

North eastern water resources development and utilisation

WATER RESOURCES UTILIZATION

•Irrigation, •Domestic Use,• Industry and •Energy Etc.,

Individual farmers need to be encouraged by providing loans to develop irrigation systems like tube-wells, wells, tanks and lift irrigation through pumps, for their own use.

Development of small irrigation units would ensure increase in gross cropped area and higher crop production in agriculture, which is the main stay of the people of the region.

Problems and losses of water

Glaciers melt and flow down to sea as runoff through rivers (Ganges,Brahmaputra,etc.,)

Most of water is in form of ice (in Himalayas) and could not be utilized.

The north region has plenty of water resources, their mismanagement and misuse has resulted in resource degradation, loss of soil and soil fertility, deforestation and environmental degradation

More in-situ retention of rain-water and harvesting of run-off water is necessary to check soil erosion and land degradation in the region

Presented byK.AnandarajBTE-06-001