New Delhi, Dec 11: 5 per cent, ground water accounts for a lion’s share of all minor irrigation schemes in the country.
While ground water projects are on the rise, surface water schemes are declining, says the latest 5th MI (Minor Irrigation) Census Report of the Union Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation.
The Census report shows that while the irrigation potential created and utilised from ground water schemes has gone up since the 4th MI Census conducted in 2006-07, the potential created from surface water has declined in the interim period.
