Impacts of rainfall variability and LU/LC change on groundwater level
Student name: Ms Kalaiarasi Ka Sa
Guide: Dr Vinay Shankar Prasad Sinha
Year of completion: 2016
Host Organisation: Watershed Organization Trust (WOTR), Pune
Supervisor (Host Organisation): Mr Renie Thomas
Abstract: Along with the failure of monsoon, the drought has unleashed its way into the state of Maharashtra. With almost half of the state lying under the semi-arid region, which is by itself highly prone to water scarcity, the groundwater plays a major role in serving the water needs of the communities in the region. But being situated on the Deccan province made up of hard rock strata which mostly stores the water with the aid of the secondary porosity, the state has to handle the resource with care. With Growing variability in rainfall coupled with increasing number of wells and deep bore wells and other anthropogenic changes made in the Land use the groundwater is fast vanishing. This situation has made marginal communities more vulnerable who solely depend on agriculture for their survival while facing crop failures for the past two years in a row. So, it is time to make more site specific and scientific approach which could improve both the Groundwater level and the Livelihood of the People.
Keywords: Rainfall, Groundwater, Drought, Agriculture and Wells
