A General Report on Water Management of Desert Ecosystems: Bikaner District
Sohel Mohammad *
Centre for Disaster Management Technology for Animals, Rajasthan University of Veterinary College, Bikaner, India.
Shashi Kalla Ranga
Department of Geography, B.J.S. Rampuria College, Bikaner, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
In the arid eco-systems, water constitutes the most important resource that limits plants growth and yield. There is broadly, three way demands on available fresh water for human uses are for agriculture, animal husbandry, fisheries etc. to provide food, to meet the civic needs of people in rural and urban areas, and water for industrial enterprises.
Water being a decisive component for quality of life and development activities, its supply, demand, quality and distribution for social and economic consumption patterns are important issues for developing a strategy of water management. Water is an essential commodity without which development of culture and economy is neither possible nor meaningful. Therefore, this paper "A General Report on Water Management of Desert Ecosystems: Bikaner District" is very significant in the present growing water crisis of the arid and semi-arid regions of India.
Keywords: Water management, ecosystem, desert ecosystems