Sahyadri Conservation Series 45 Water Scarcity in Varada Catchment: Need to arrest Deforestation on Priority Ramachandra T.V. Subash Chandran M.D. Vinay S. Bharath H. Aithal Vrikshalaksha Andolan, Sagar The Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India The Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India ENVIS Technical Report: 82 November 2014 Environmental Information System [ENVIS] Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore - 560012, INDIA Web: http://ces.iisc.ernet.in/energy/ http://ces.iisc.ernet.in/biodiversity Email:
[email protected] Sahyadri Conservation Series 45, ETR 82 2014 Water Scarcity in Varada Catchment: Need to arrest Deforestation on Priority Ramachandra T.V. Subash Chandran M.D. Vinay S. Bharath H. Aithal Vrikshalaksha Andolan, Sagar The Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India The Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India Sahyadri Conservation Series: 45 ENVIS Technical Report: 82 November 2014 Environmental Information System [ENVIS] Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore-560012. Ramachandra T.V., Subash Chandran M.D., Vinay S., Bharath H. Aithal, 2014. Water Scarcity in Varada Catchment: Need to arrest Deforestation on Priority, Sahyadri Conservation Series 45, ENVIS Technical Report 82, CES, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India 1 Sahyadri Conservation Series 45, ETR 82 2014 Water Scarcity in Varada Catchment: Need to arrest Deforestation on Priority Sahyadri Conservation Series: 45 ENVIS Technical Report: 82 Sl.No Content Page No 1 Summary 1 2 Introduction 3 3 Land use analysis 16 4 Hydrological status 35 Ramachandra T.V., Subash Chandran M.D., Vinay S., Bharath H.