‘I’RRIGATION for ‘I’NDIA
-A Sustainable Approach
-Ashutosh Dikshit
-IIM SHILLONG
‘I’gnite
Round of Ashwamedha
‘09
Food for thought..
“With
the current rate of consumption of resources, we will need the capacity of 16 earths to sustain mankind by 2108
…”
Living on the Edge
•Of India’s annual environmental damage of $9.7 billion, $7 billion was
due to air and water pollution
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Rampant industrial water pollution due to nearly 3 million small andmedium-size enterprises in the country
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Untreated and under-treated effluent cause severe ecologicaldegradation and water contamination
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<30% of population have access to safe drinking water
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Area under irrigation 8,26,25,000 hectares, though not uniformlydistributed (2006)
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Highly dependent on monsoons -displaying erratic patterns increasingowing to climate change
Source: www.indiastat.com
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