Revitalization of Rivers in India Draft Policy - Isha Guru Jaggi Vasudev

Revitalization of Rivers In India
Draft Policy Recommendation
4. Govt. Lift Irrigation Projects like Ramthal Drip Irrigation Project in Karnataka.
In the first model, private land owners have their own water lifting infrastructure
to irrigate their farms adjacent to rivers. The majority of these farms are very
close to rivers or just next to them because the water conveyance system holds the
majority of the cost and most of the farmers cannot afford it. This small number
of farmers lifts large amounts of water to irrigate a small extent of land and in
some places due to over-irrigation, lands are being turned saline and going out
of cultivation. Drip Irrigation should be promoted in such private lift irrigation
schemes in an aggressive way by making it mandatory by distribution of financial
MODEL 2.
INDIVIDUAL FARMERS WITH OWN WATER SOURCES
(OPEN / BORE WELLS) IN ADJOINING AREAS
assistance. This can avoid overexploitation of water and saved water can be made
available for activities.
In second model, farmers use their own water sources like wells to irrigate their
fields. Usually these wells receive water from aquifers fed from the nearby rivers.
In the first model, farmers using their own water sources also lift more water
than their actual necessity causing an unfair advantage over fellow farmers whose
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