- Decentralized rain water harvesting through lakes, recharge pits, etc.;
- Constructed wetlands integration with lakes to prevent water contamination (with agriculture run off, sewage inflow, etc.);
- Catchment/watershed management for effective soil and water conservation;
- Rejuvenation of existing lakes
- De-silting to enhance the storage capacity as well as groundwater recharge;
- Reestablish inter-connectivity among lakes;
- Removal of all encroachments (lake bed, natural drains);
- Maintaining at least 33% green cover (of native species) in the catchment;
- catchment treatment (through planting native saplings)
- Restrictions on any construction activity in the buffer zone of a lake (75 m).
- Maintaining aquatic macrophytes in the buffer zone of each lake, which helps in bioremediation.
- Incentive to create farm ponds in all agricultural fields (this helps in ground water recharge, and also helps in fish rearing and hence local livelihood)
- Phasing out monoculture plantations of exotic species (such as eucalyptus, etc. which sucks groundwater) with native species on priority.
- Appropriate cropping pattern and restriction on crops that are water intensive.
- Allowing only dry land crops;
- Incentives to farmers growing crops suitable for semi-arid region;
- Greening/afforestation in the catchments of water bodies (lakes, rivers, etc.) with native species, ensure that at least 33% is maintained with native trees and grasses to enhance water retaining capacity of Catchment/watershed;
- Inclusions of concepts - watershed, environment, afforestation, reforestation in the education curriculum (Schools and Colleges);
- Management of water bodies involving all stakeholders, and constitution of joint environment management committee at each village level to address the issue of forest as well as water bodies;
- Restriction on sand mining beyond sustainable yield;
- Restrictions on bore wells and regulation of number of wells in a region (to mitigate overexploitation)
- Kolar has distinction of having highest barren area (un-productive land) and is heralding towards desertification (next to Rajasthan). This requires immediate afforestation in the catchment through CAMPA. Auditing of these activities through independent and unbiased academic institutions.
- Environment education / awareness programmes to sensitize farmers, youth and school children.
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T.V. Ramachandra
Centre for Sustainable Technologies, Centre for infrastructure, Sustainable Transportation and Urban Planning (CiSTUP), Energy & Wetlands Research Group, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore – 560 012, INDIA.
E-mail : tvr@iisc.ac.in
Tel: 91-080-22933099/23600985,
Fax: 91-080-23601428/23600085
Web: http://ces.iisc.ernet.in/energy
Vinay SEnergy & Wetlands Research Group, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore – 560 012, INDIA.
E-mail: svinay@iisc.ac.in
Bhargavi R
Energy & Wetlands Research Group, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore – 560 012, INDIA.
E-mail: bhargavis@iisc.ac.in
Bharath H AithalEnergy & Wetlands Research Group, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore – 560 012, INDIA.
E-mail: bharathh@iisc.ac.in
Citation: Ramachandra T V, Vinay S, Bhargavi R and Bharath H. Aithal 2017. Integrated Watershed Management for Water and Food Security in Kolar and Chikballapur districts, Karnataka, ENVIS Technical Report 133, Energy & Wetlands Research Group, CES, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012
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Dr. T.V. Ramachandra
Energy & Wetlands Research Group,
Centre for Ecological Sciences,
New Biological Sciences Building, 3rd Floor, E-Wing, Lab: TE15
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore – 560 012, INDIA.
Tel : 91-80-22933099 / 22933503(Ext:107) / 23600985
Fax : 91-80-23601428 / 23600085 / 23600683 [CES-TVR]
E-mail : tvr@iisc.ac.in, energy@ces.iisc.ernet.in,
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