Suggest measures to improve water storage and irrigation system to make its judicious use under depleting scenario.
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The persistent decline in India's groundwater · 21 September 2026 · Covers one part · use it in the body
Gives current water balance data and a menu of storage and demand-side measures.
- The 2025 assessment put annual recharge at 448.52 BCM, extractable resources at 407.75 BCM and extraction at 247.22 BCM.
- List community-led management under Atal Bhujal Yojana and the Hiware Bazar model, and recharge through Mission Amrit Sarovar, among the measures.
- Add crop diversification, separate farm feeders with metering, and micro-irrigation.
Six States sign the Kishau dam pact on the Tons; Centre to bear about 90% of the cost · 16 September 2026 · Covers one part · use it in the example
Kishau shows how upstream storage can add lean-season flow and irrigation across several States, giving a concrete storage example with figures.
- The Kishau Multipurpose Project, a 232.6-metre concrete gravity dam on the Tons (a Yamuna tributary), will store 1,562 million cubic metres and irrigate about 97,000 hectares, per the Home Ministry.
- Supporters see such upstream storage as the way to add lean-season flow to a stressed river like the Yamuna; Delhi is described as the biggest gainer.
- Caution that storage brings costs: reported submergence of about 2,950 hectares, displacement, seismic risk and the need for ecological flows in the Yamuna.