1. Some water resources projects Hirakud dam project Bhakranangal dam project Sutlej river valley project Indus valley project Uttar Pradesh Water Sector Restructuring Project - India, February 19, 2002 Integrated Watershed Development (Hills II) Project

2. Total available & the utilizable surface- water resources S.NoName of Basin Average annual run-off(in m ham) Utilizable flow 1.Indus Basin7.704.93 2.Ganga Basin51.0018.50 3.Brahmaputra Basin54.001.23 4.West-flowing rivers28.806.92 5.East-flowing rivers34.8033.80 6.Luni & Ghaggar Basin1.701.22 Total178.0066.60

3. ground-water recharge S.NumberRock type formation Assumed percentage rainfall contributing to ground-water recharge 1. Hard-rock formations & the Deccan traps 10 2. Consolidated rocks(sandstone) 5-10 3.River alluvia15-20 4.Indo-Gangetic alluvium20 5.Coastal alluvia10-15 6. Western Rajasthan sand dune 2 7.Intermontane valleys15-20

4. North eastern water resources development and utilisation

6. WATER RESOURCES UTILIZATION Irrigation, Domestic Use, Industry and Energy Etc., Individual farmers need to be encouraged by providing loans to develop irrigation systems like tube-wells, wells, tanks and lift irrigation through pumps, for their own use. Development of small irrigation units would ensure increase in gross cropped area and higher crop production in agriculture, which is the main stay of the people of the region.

7. Problems and losses of water Glaciers melt and flow down to sea as runoff through rivers (Ganges,Brahmaputra,etc.,) Most of water is in form of ice (in Himalayas) and could not be utilized. The north region has plenty of water resources, their mismanagement and misuse has resulted in resource degradation, loss of soil and soil fertility, deforestation and environmental degradation More in-situ retention of rain-water and harvesting of run-off water is necessary to check soil erosion and land degradation in the region

8. Presented by K.Anandaraj BTE-06-001