More CROP per DROP
‘The Way Forward’ for water conservation in irrigation.
Karnataka consumes about 86% of its fresh water supply on irrigation. Compared to flow irrigation, drip irrigation needs only around 40% of the water. Therefore, the Dept. of Water Resources, GoK, is keenly focusing on adopting micro irrigation practices in irrigation projects. The Ramthal-Marola project, under implementation by our department, is one of the biggest community-based automated micro irrigation projects in the world. Projects such as this will lead the way in saving precious fresh water for today and tomorrow.
Today, as the world celebrates World Water Day, I fervently appeal to every citizen to make efforts to save water.
-Dr. M.B. Patil,
Water Resources Minister and Vijayapura District Incharge Minister