Abstract
Forty percent of India’s water supply is attributed to groundwater. Muljipura, an agriculture-based village in the northern state of Madhya Pradesh, India, primarily utilizes groundwater and rainwater for irrigation, with a greater reliance on groundwater during non-monsoon seasons. Due to over dependence on groundwater, there was a significant decline in groundwater levels between 2007 and 2017. Now the rate of replenishment is unable to meet the demands of villagers. This paper offers a brief assessment of four appropriate technological solutions derived from literature and results obtained from Participatory Rural Appraisal and Human Centered Design methodological approaches. Both participatory-centric methods aided in collecting primary data to identify salient characteristics of Muljipura village and specific challenges faced by villagers. Primary data were combined with secondary data to assess four sustainable solutions. This study recommends an Internet of Things (IoT)-based appropriate technological solution to address rapid depletion of groundwater in the village of Muljipura.
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This research was funded by Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham’s Live-in-Labs® program and the field implementation was funded by the UN-recognized NGO, MA Math. The study was done as part of the UNESCO Chair for Experiential Learning for Sustainable Innovation Development. The authors express their immense gratitude to Sri. Mata Amritanandamayi Devi, Chancellor of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, who has inspired them in performing selfless service to society. We would like to express our sincere appreciation to Mr. Gopalaiengar Sheshadri for his extensive support in enhancing the quality of the paper within the limited time frame. The authors also thank the faculty members, staff, and students of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, the government officials of the district of Alirajpur in the state of Madhya Pradesh, and staff of the Amrita Self Reliant Villages (Amrita SeRVe) program.
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Abhinav Reddy, K., Sanjana Reddy, D., Ranjani, Y., Palivela, S., Sagar, B., Soumya, M. (2022). Assessing Appropriate Technologies for Sustainable Irrigation Practices in Muljipura Village, India. In: Zhang, YD., Senjyu, T., So-In, C., Joshi, A. (eds) Smart Trends in Computing and Communications. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 286. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4016-2_33
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