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GIS-based study on groundwater depletion in NCR regions of Uttar Pradesh

Student name: Mr Ayush Tyagi
Guide: Dr Sherly MA
Year of completion: 2022
Host Organisation: TERI School of Advanced Studies

Abstract:

Groundwater is one of the most important resources which is gifted by nature to the mankind, but as the world moves towards urbanization and industrialization this valuable resource is being ignored, and people tends to misuse groundwater while irrigating, and industrial requirements. In this study the problem of groundwater depletion in NCR regions of Up is discussed, for this study both primary and secondary data is being used, the study is being divided into two main objectives first is to calculate the water demand of the district in order to find which sector is consuming most of the water whether it be a ground water and surface water and for that CPHEEO manual guidelines are used and geospatial tools were used to, and second one is to find out the vulnerable zones and suggest recommendations, and for this objective trend analysis of the 5 years Pre and Post monsoon groundwater data is used .

Keyword -- Groundwater, depletion, contamination, water demand, NCR, Uttar Pradesh.