Abstract
With the increase in population of our country and changing geo-political landscape, the available water resources are fast depleting. We also understand that without water, there can be no life as we see in this physical world. The solution lies in judicious usage of water and realization to preserve, which ultimately leads to superior management of this essential resource. This paper addresses the issues pertaining to water required for agriculture, drinking as well as for other purposes. The measures recommended for preservation of irrigation water include cost effective maintenance of water channels under an integrated mechanism of public-private partnership and ownership through community participation. Similarly to resolve the issues related to drinking and general purpose water, a distinction between the two categories has been proposed for putting in practice under an integrated approach. For the purpose of enhancing storage capacity, instead of fighting on the construction of much awaited mega dams, the paper suggests construction of small dams and run of the water channels auto-spillover bunds. These measures, apart from being cost effective (i.e. affordable) shall have no political controversies. The concept is storage of water through spread over river beds and storage sites. The paper also suggests measures for creating awareness among our people to make judicious use of water.
Highlights
Why We Need Water Management?"And among His signs is that He shows you the lightening, for fear and for hope, and He sends down water from the sky, and therewith revives the earth after its death
Water is a natural commodity which sustains life on our planet, may it be in the shape of plants, animals or human beings
Without water there can be no life as we see in this physical world
Summary
"And among His signs is that He shows you the lightening, for fear and for hope, and He sends down water (rain) from the sky, and therewith revives the earth after its death. As far as link canals are concerned, these have been constructed in 1960s under the Indus Basin Treaty with India Some of these canals, especially the irrigation ones, were constructed above the earth surface with raised banks; they developed seepage and with the passage of time resulted into rising of water levels - leading to water logging and salinity. When those are in large numbers damage the banks of irrigation network and at the same time obstruct water flow when they sit inside the water channels This results into erosion of banks, silting of the beds and wastage of water in the form of outflows and seepage. Brick lining reduces the seepage by blocking the porous surface and facilitating free flow of water which reduces pressure on the side banks
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