Gautam Narula, Assistant Professor, School of Civil Engineering, Shri Mata Vaishno
Devi University, delivered a talk on Groundwater Management at KG Reddy College
of Engineering and Technology, Andhra Pradesh. The talk aimed to make students
understand groundwater crises in India and the world. Students were made aware
that India is the biggest consumer of groundwater in the world. The topics
discussed during the talk were the policies and facts presented in United Nations
Ground Water Report 2022, the need to understand groundwater management, the
steps that can be taken, and successful case studies in India and the world,
including Andhra Pradesh Farmers Managed Ground Water System Project, China
Sponge City and Managed Aquifer Recharge technique. The comparison was set up
between the tapping and managing of groundwater and surface water. Special
attention was given to the falling groundwater table in Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan
and some places in Andhra Pradesh. The talk showcased to the students the various
dimensions the policymakers and Engineers must consider controlling groundwater
abstraction so that we are not exhausted from groundwater resources.
Gautam Narula of SMVDU delivers a talk on Groundwater Management
