Udaipur District in the State of Rajasthan is water scarce area in the middle of Aravalli Mountain Ranges. With very limited annual rainfall, the population of the district is overwhelmingly dependent on ground water to meet its domestic and non-domestric water needs. It is no surpise that the annual withdrawal of water from underground aquifers is much more than the annual rainfed replenishment. This has caused a severe downward impact on the water table Majority of blocks of the districts have been categorised as vulnerable, or over exploited , in this context. Challenges posed by demand driven depletion of ground water resources and the prospect of imminent severe water scarcity, or a straight forward drought, were serious indeed... Read More