Bailout with White Revolution or Sink Deeper? Groundwater Depletion and Impacts in the Moga District of Punjab, India

Found at: https://hdl.handle.net/10535/9070
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Type:	Working Paper
Author:	Amarasinghe, Upali A.; Smakhtin, Vladimir; Sharma, Bharat R.; Eriyagama, Nishadi
Date:	2010
Agency:	International Water Management Institute, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Series:	IWMI Research Report, no. 138
URI:	https://hdl.handle.net/10535/9070
Sector:	Water Resource & Irrigation
Region:	Middle East & South Asia
Subject(s):	groundwater depletion
Abstract:	"Moga District in Punjab, India, is a microcosm of the twin story of irrigation-induced growth and stress. The groundwater consumptive water use in agriculture exceeds the recharge by a substantial margin. Rice production contributes to a major part of this difference. The groundwater depletion is so critical that diversifying agriculture is the only way forward for sustainable agricultural growth. Reducing the rice area and intensifying milk production will be a win-win situation for both the farmers and the area reeling with a groundwater crisis."

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