SAVE WATER CAMPAIGN 2004 DEPARTMENT OF AGRI CULTURE KERALA

SAVE WATER CAMPAIGN WHY? WHEN? WHERE? HOW? WHY? WHEN? WHERE? HOW?

SAVE WATER CAMPAIGN -WHY? ONLY SOURCE OF CLEAN WATER IS RAIN WATER IRRIGATION IS A CRITICAL FACTOR IN CROP PRODUCTION DRINKING WATER BECAME SCARCE RAIN IS A NATURAL SOURCE OF IRRIGATION RAIN FALL IS RESTRICTED TO MERE 100 DAYS RAIN WATER REACHES SEA WITHIN 48 HOURS GROUND WATER STATUS IS FAST DEPLETING CATCHMENT AREAS HAD BECOME UNCOVERED CHANGING LIFE STYLE DOES’NT ALLOW WATER TO PERCOLATE THIRD WORLD WAR WILL BE FOR WATER

SAVE WATER CMPAIGN-WHEN? DURING PRE MONSOON DURING MONSOON DURING RECEDENCE OF MONSOON

SAVE WATER CAMPAIGN- WHERE ? IN THE CATCHMENT AREAS IN THE AYACUT AREAS IN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS TO ATTAIN WATER LITTERARACY

HOW ?

SAVE WATER CAMPAIGN-HOW? SOIL CONSERVATION MEASURES WATER CONSERVATION MEASURES WATER MANAGEMENT MEASURES CROP MANAGEMENT MEASURES

SOIL CONSERVATION MEASURES DIGGING OF PITS IN CATCHMENT AREA AND FARM CONSTRUCTION OF CHECK DAMS AND/SUB-SURFACE DAMS ADOPTION OF TERRACE CULTIVATION IN SLOPY LANDS CONTOUR BUNDING CONTOUR TRENCHING ANY OTHER METHOD WHICH WILL HELP SOIL CONSERVATION

WATER CONSERVATION MEASURES CONSERVE FOREST CONSERVE WATER CONSERVING STRUCTURES LIKE PONDS,PADDDY FIELD ETC; ANY OTHER MEASURES WHICH WILL LEAD TO WATER CONSERVATION

WATER MANAGEMENT MEASURES INCREASING WATER USE EFFICIENCY IRRIGATE DURING CRITICAL PERIODS ONLY UTILISE NON-TOXIC WASTE WATER FOR IRRIGATION (SEWAGE MANAGEMENT) PARTICIPATORY IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT (PIM)

CROP MANAGEMENT MEASURES CULTIVATION OF CROPS/VARIETIES ACCORDING TO THE MINIMUM WATER AVAILABILITY EXPECTED ADDITION OF K TO WITHSTAND DROUGHT SUMMER PLOUHING MULCHING ADOPTING HI-TECH PRACTICES