Integrated Regional Environmental Plan of Ganjam District 2041
7.5 Issues and potentials Potentials and issues are being identified after the detailed analysis. The challenged river streams are being identified by using ARCGIS and the polluted river stretches are being addressed based on the CPCB information related to river pollution. 7.5.1 Potentials There is abundance of rainfall is observed and there is a potential for enhancing Ground water recharge especially in Patrapur, Dharakote, Sanakhemudi,
Bhanjanagar
and
Digapahandi regions. The water availability is surplus in all the blocks but the top 5 least surplus blocks
such
as
Digapahandi,
Sheraguda Hinkilicut, Ganjam and Patrapur needs to be enhanced.
Figure 7.13 Issue and Potentials in Ganjam district
The Ground water quality in the majority of the regions are poor and water quality needs to be enhanced by proper measures. 7.5.2 Issues The irrigation demand is meeting the water availability but the excess of ground water utilisation may leads to decrease water table in certain pockets such as Patrapur, Polasara, Begunaipada, Dharakote and Bhanjanagar. The river stretch from Patrapur to Ganjam is notified as the polluted river by CPCB. In berhampur, aska and Chatrapur open sumping practices are being followed and almost 160 TPD of MSW is being dumped in the rivers.
Master of Environmental Planning and Management 2020-22, SPA Vijayawada
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