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CASE STUDY OF RAIN

WATER HARVESTING
IN RAJASTHAN STATE
PRESENTATION BY
(BATCH A-10)
LOKESH
SUNIL
KARTHIK
ANUP
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE RAJASTHAN
• Rajasthan is situated in North-West part of India.

• Rajasthan can be divided into four physical divisions like Western desert,
Aravali mountains, Eastern plains and South-eastern plateau.

• Five climatic zones like wet, humid sub humid, semi arid and arid.

• Nine soil zones. (Sandy soil, Brown sandy soil, Alluvial soil, Red-yellow
soil, Medium black soil, Red-black soil, Red-loamy soil and Brown sandy
alluvial soil).

• 3 perennial rivers (Chambal and Mahi and Luni) and 16 seasonal rivers
and 5 salt water lakes and 10 sweet water lakes are present in the state.

• Average annual rainfall of the state is 57 cm

• Rajasthan stae has aroundonly 1% of country’s water resource.

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Traditional rain water harvesting
systems
In Rajasthan,there are so many water harvesting methods in practice.
Some of those are described here

(i) Lake/ Pond/ Nadi :

In this state there is atleast one Nadi/Pond/Lake situated in


every village to harvest the rain water. The lakes generally have a large
catchment area while nadis have very small ‘agor’. In actual term nadis
are natural pots on earth surface in which rain water is being collected.

(ii) Toba :

Toba is an important water harvesting system in western


Rajasthan similar to nadi. But it is made in dense structured land in
which leaching cannot be occurred more or is made pavemented
and it is more deep than nadi.

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Traditional rain water harvesting
systems
(iii) Bawadi :

Stepwells are drinking water aquifers getting a regular


recharge through rain water. To conserve the rain water stepwells
were set up in large towns to provide water supply to the
community. Each stepwell helps reaching the water to the ground
level and maintains it properly.

(iv) Jhalara :

Jhalaras do not have their own catchment area rather these


collect subterranean seepage of a talab or a lake located upstream.
There are eight jhalaras in Jodhpur city, two of which are inside the
town and six are found outside the city.

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Conclusion:
• Rajasthan has 13.88% of India’s cultivable area, 5.67% of population and about
11% of country’s livestock but only 1.16% of surface water and 1.7% of ground
water.
• Thus Rajasthan is a state with 10.4% of land area which has around 1% of
country’s water resource.
• In this way this state is known as drought prone area for many centuries. Water
has more importance than Ghee here.
• The traditional water harvesting systems described above have been in existence
for many centuries.
• They serve the essential water requirements of the people, especially in the water
deficient areas of the desert.
• Nowadays due to urbanisation and industrialisation these water harvesting
systems are not in more practice. But we should regenerate and reform these so
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Suggestions:
• The people of Rajasthan are very religious and nature friendly. They always
protect trees, wildlife, livestock, birds and human beings. Every Rajasthani know
the value of water.
• To conserve more and more rain water we ought to reform these water
harvesting techniques mentioned above with modern techniques.
• To regenerate these systems there is a strong need to aware people about these
ancient techniques.
• These ancient techniques should be taught to students from school to university
curriculums with present day new methods.
• . Government also should spend more budget on it, So that under ground water
table can be raised to fulfil the requirement of folks.

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References :
• https://
www.ceew.in/sustainable-agriculture-initiatives/tarun-bharat-sangh-jo
had-water-conservation-harvesting-and-revitalisation

• https://ijrar.com A Case Study In Alwar District, Rajasthan, India –


IJRAR.

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