ISSN : 0975-3710
EISSN : 0975-9107
KAPIL ROHILLA1*, NIDHI KUNDU2, VIRENDER SINGH ARYA3
1Assistant Scientist, Haryana Space Applications Centre (HARSAC), CCS Haryana Agriculture University, Hisar, 125004, Haryana, India
2SSA SG, Haryana Space Applications Centre (HARSAC), CCS Haryana Agriculture University, Hisar, 125004, Haryana, India
3Director, Haryana Space Applications Centre (HARSAC), CCS Haryana Agriculture University, Hisar, 125004, Haryana, India
* Corresponding Author : rohilla21@gmail.com
Received : 01-07-2020 Accepted : 13-07-2020 Published : 15-07-2020
Volume : 12 Issue : 13 Pages : 10012 - 10014
Int J Agr Sci 12.13 (2020):10012-10014
Keywords : Dry wells, Water level, Mobile App, GIS Mapping
Academic Editor : Argha Ghosh, B. S. Khadda, Mondal Biswajit
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to Department of Environment & Climate Change Government of Haryana. Authors are also thankful to Haryana Space Applications Centre (HARSAC), CCS Haryana Agriculture University, Hisar, 125004, Haryana, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed
Ground water levels are declining in various parts of Haryana, India. In order to arrest this problem, an Android based Mobile App was developed for GPS based dry well mapping. GIS Mapping of Dry wells in Karnal was conducted using the mobile based App. Attributes such as diameter, depth to water table and type of well (lined or unlined) etc. were also be collected during field survey. The collected data were individually processed and analysed in GIS environment. The study indicates that the maximum of dry wells is in Nilokheri block and minimum no of wells in the Karnal block of the district. It was also observed that the all the wells were lined and dried. Surely, all the blocks fall under overexploited category, there a constant decline of water levels over the past years in the major portion of the district. The results was in par with the anecdotal evidence that the wells used for domestic purposes are more susceptible to drying than wells used for agricultural purposes throughout Karnal district of Haryana as domestic wells are shallower as compared to agricultural wells.
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