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The Banganga catchment comes under semi-arid climate and has scanty annual rainfall. Excessive groundwater exploitation has further aggravated the water problem. The catchment has rich mining resources and therefore, extensive mining work without their cumulative impact study has largely affected the catchments’ water resources, especially the ground water. In the area, NGO has done extensive work for water resources development with public partnership using the indigenous practices, and succeeded remarkably. The lesson learned from this catchment can be replicated to other parts of the basin having similar hydro-geological and climatic features.
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Taluka or tehsil is part of a larger District within a State. In some cases, the tehsils of a given District are organized into smaller groups of tehsils called Sub-Division.
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As informed by villagers (however, it seems may be due to some disease people were killed).
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This indicates the gradual change in climatic patterns and its impact on stream flows.
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Arwari Sansad is informal institution which belongs to villagers of Arwari catchment. It has framed rules and regulation for better practice of integrated water resource management. This is brain work of Tarun Bharat Sangh (TBS), an institution headed by Magsaysay award winner Mr. Rajendra Singh.
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Dhanis are habitation, in nearby agricultural field and water resources.
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Rai RK, Upadhyay A, Ojha CSP, Singh VP (2011) The Yamuna river basin: water resources and environment. Water Science and Technology, vol 66. Springer, The Netherlands
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Upadhyay, A., Rai, R.K. (2013). Case Study: Banganga Catchment. In: Water Management and Public Participation. SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5709-7_6
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