Kshipra Sub Basin - Asian Development Bank

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Appendix 3 Kshipra Sub Basin
Table 25: Primary drinking water in wet season (% of households from the sample )
Piped Supplyhouse
Borehole Hand Borehole
Districts Pump
Electric Pump Dug Well connection
Indore 53 47 0 0 0
Ujjain 33 33 33 0 0
Dewas 17 8 8 25 42
Total 38 33 10 8 13
44
Piped Supply
stand pipe
Table 26: Primary drinking water in dry seasons (% of households from the sample)
Borehole
Electric
Pump
Piped Supplyhouse
connection
Piped
Supply
stand
pipe
Borehole Hand
Dug
Districts Pump
Well
Indore 42 53 5 0 0 0
Ujjain 22 33 33 0 0 11
Dewas 75 0 0 0 8 17
Total 48 33 10 0 3 8
Table 27: Drinking Water Availability (% of Households from the sample)
Districts Major issue Some issue Not an issue
Indore 53 0 47
Ujjain 22 22 56
Dewas 33 25 42
Total 40 13 48
Table 28: Drinking Water Quality (% of Households from the sample)
Not
Available
Districts Major issue Some issue Not an issue
Indore 0 0 100
Ujjain 0 0 100
Dewas 0 0 100
Total 0 0 100
72. Ground water availability; even though ground water table is falling year after year, the
groundwater is still used for irrigation. The government tube wells for drinking purposes are broadly at
the same depth as the irrigation boreholes, as a result the drinking water well are very vulnerable
Over the last 20 years, farmers have shifted from tanks/ dug well to bore well for their source of
drinking water due to declining water table. Women and children now travel a long distance and spend
time for fetching good quality drinking water. This is was observed to be very acute in Khajuria rewari
village.
73. Ground water quality; was not seen as a major problem in all the districts surveyed. The waste
water from the city of Indore released into the river Khan was seen as a problem. in one community.
The polluted water enter into the village through canal, generating a foul smell. It also leached into the
ground water. Villagers have reported that 10% of the bore holes are getting affected.
7. Challenges in the Agriculture Sector: crop choice and farming practice
o Farmers mainly grow Soya in the Kharif season and wheat in the Rabi season. Soya
cultivation has significantly changed farming practices, To ensure good drainage field bund
types and contouring has changed. Land preparation is now designed to drain quickly excess