Climate Change and Its impacts on Water Sources in India
-Ecenur Dede
The climate change is one of the challenging issues that the world faces with.It not only affects the quality of life but also is the essential issue that affect both economic social and political lives of individuals.Therefore,it has to be considered and has to be found some solutions regarding it in order to be able to enhance the lives of human being.In particular,India is the one of the countries that faces the issue of climate change.For instance,the country reported the highest number of deaths in 2016 was due to the extreme weather.(Lahiry,2018).Therefore ,it is one of the challenging problems that the country has to overcome with.In this article,it will be elaborated how climate change impacted the water sources of India and its impacts on the society.
In India,the water is one of the crucial sources that country has
to take care of as any other places in the world.The importance of water
specifically for India is due to being one of the most important agricultural
producing countries in the world.Therefore,water even becomes more essential
for India in terms of its economy.For instance, decline in monsoon rainfall since
the 1950s have already been observed in the country.Therefore, the dramatic
change in the monsoon could initiate more frequent droughts as well as greater
flooding in large parts of India.The economic survey 2018/19 observed that
during the years when rainfall levels drop 100mm which is below average, farmer
incomes fell down by 15 percent during the kharif and seven percent during the
rabi crops seasons.(Lahiry,2018). The survey points out
that climate change could reduce annual agricultural incomes in
the range of 15 percent to 18 percent on an average and up to 20-25 percent for
unirrigated areas.(Lahiry,2018).Therefore,climate change brings problems for
the society which deals with agricultural production so their economic lives.In
order to combat with the climate change,India can take into consideration
severe precautionary measures which can be specified as ; a. demand management to suit the supply, by
choosing appropriate cropping
patterns and technologies to reduce water consumption in industry,
b. increasing
efficiency of water usage, particularly in the irrigation sector,c.solutions to use the flood waters as a resource
through diverting flood waters to have potential groundwater recharge zones,d..having large scale recycling of wastewater; and
lastly having desalination of
seawater to meet the governmental
needs.(Shrivastava,2015).Thus,those precautions can be applied so that the
impact of climate change will be decreased as much as possible.
Lastly,the climate change is inevitable so the its impact on the
environment as well as water sources.However, by taking some measures can be
implemented in order to diminish its effects on the environment as well the
society.Therefore,India being agricultural producing country can take such
precautionary measure in order to be able to cope with the climate change on
its water sources.
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Bibliography
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https://www.indiawaterportal.org/articles/climate-change-and-its-impact-water-resources
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