Will our Water projects really help?
With the failure of both the Monsoons in Parts of the South India, the drought gained its threshold. The problems related to the drought might first start in the villages and later on spread into the city around April-May time. The shortage of Water is now the major consequence which we are going to face upon.
Lack of Proper water storage plans adding up the disaster in the Tamilnadu as well as in the other states. The water which is crucial essential ingredient for our daily needs, is not being available in the crucial times. Last year Chennai witnessed floods and even Districts like Cuddalore, Pondicherry too got the same. Where did the water went? Can't the government or any concerned authority plan for the Flood water management?
The rains normally occur in phases. We can classify those phases into a drought phase and a Flood phase. The oscillation from these phases are controlled by weather parameters and they constitute the climatic features. During the flood, the water need to be preserved carefully, so that we can face the drought easily. But the flood water storage is not enough to store more amounts of Water inside a dam, mainly in a Monsoon affected places of South India.
(I have listed out the drought hit areas along the South India and Mentioned some reasons for its failure)
(This map is published by NOAA Government service, USA. Its stating the drought condition right along the South India. See the red and Yellow colours)
Any chance for Retreat?
The North-east Monsoon (The only Hope for Tamilnadu) withdrawn from the indian mainland. Now we can see the dry conditions ahead for the next two Months. The cyclones are very rare to Form in February and March. Need to see the Cyclone season of April and May, since we get Cyclones along Arabian sea and Bay of Bengal. During this season, the seasonal Climatology influence the system Motion
During the time of April and May, the Cyclonic systems normally follow the climatology. The Sub-Tropical ridge position influence the systems to Move towards Burma and even towards Bangladesh-West Bengal. If lucky, the South India gets one System. For the next two to three months less possiblity of Rains.
Why its Second Largest Drought year To Tamilnadu third Largest drought to Entire India?-
I have attached some Tabulations, lets have a look-
The first Table describes the Rainfall pattern for every year in Tamilnadu. Its shows we have got 168.5mm rains this year into a historical drought second largest Drought.
The Second Table describes, the Worst drought Hit areas in South India as a whole. The Both monsoons Failed and thus bringing a Copious Water problems. Some news papers publishing a death of about 90 farmers in december Month alone. Really, the figure might go up and still up, when we head towards May Month.
Even the dam Levels along Chennai city is very poor. The dam levels according my opinion is not at all suitable to meet down the needs of the people living in the city, believing the corporation water. The Government now asking for Telugu Ganga water from Krishna River. Actually, there is a big water deficit in Andhra itself. Need to see whats the decision taken up by the state.
Some useful Tips for proper Water Management-
These tips are not taken from any internet Source, this purely from my heart- Need to see if any official sees this and ask about the steps-
1)There must be a university or an educational institution, to maintain a research continuously on Water related problems and Flood water Management.
2)The Government should seek for proper engineers to construct efficient dams and they should also see that the Material and Workers working at the plot are efficient to the given Tender amount.
3)Dams should be constructed in Some areas like Delta, Western ghats near Valparai to ensure proper water for irrigation alone.
4)Government or the authorities concerned should offer proper 0-5% rate loans to farmers, so that they can survive even in the drought conditions.
5)During flood situation, the water from the main flood stream should be diverted to an alternative Storage vessel and use it for irrigation. The plan should be implemented by seeing the proper area for citation and sourcing proper Funds to the Working staff.
6)Ground water storage pits and small tanks should be constructed in remote villages, so that we can increase the ground water Table.
7)Chembarambakkam project should be extended slightly so that the catchment area for Chennai water and for the irrigation purpose of Other villages in Tiruvallur and Kanchipuram dsitricts are ensured.
8) more plans should be built in Coastal areas from Nellore to Vedaranniyam stretch to preserve the rain water from North east Monsoon rains. This will also help, if any drought prevails over interiors.
9)In the case of Both Monsoons failure (2016), the local tanks and bore wells and even the ground water level will serve for the great purpose.
10)When ever, the villages are given importance by the government, the India can see a marginal growth in its economy and we can see more farmers, actively participating in irrigation projects.
11)Drip irrigation is an effective way to store some amounts of water for the future. A combined study shows that the 30% of water can be saved if we opt for drip type irrigation.
(Whats big happiness to the country, if we see a farmer smiling with happiness)-I pray for a green and a country with people and the government working together.
Jai Hind
Sai Praneeth, B.E student in Government College of Technology, Coimbatore.
