Date of Publication :20th April 2017
Abstract: Through ground water utilization has substantially enhanced domestic utility and crop productivity – due to widespread over exploitation, underground water level is going down day by day at an alarming rate in most parts of India especially in Karnataka & Tamil Nadu. Further, the two main sources of irrigation in India are cannels and groundwater – both sources are also facing extreme downward trend. To combat such alarming situation, the urgent need is to explore novel methods of water harvesting especially through rain water harvesting which has been highlighted in the present study.
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