DISTRICT BROCHURE of MATHURA DISTRICT, U.P. (A.A.P.: 2012-2013) by Sant Lal Scientist-‘B’
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DISTRICT BROCHURE OF MATHURA DISTRICT, U.P. (A.A.P.: 2012-2013) By Sant Lal Scientist-‘B’ CONTENTS Chapter Title Page No. DISTRICT AT A GLANCE …………3 1.0 INTRODUCTION …………6 2.0 CLIMATE AND RAINFALL …………7 3.0 GEOMORPHOLOGY …………8 3.1 Younger Alluvial Plain 3.2 Older Alluvial Plain 3.3 Relict Mountain, Hills and riges 3.4 Drainage 4.0 SOILS …………9 5.0 GROUND WATER SCENARIO …………10 5.1 Hydrogeology 5.2 Depth to Water Level 5.3 Long Term Water Level Trend 5.4 Ground Water Resources 5.5 Ground Water Quality 5.6 Status of Ground Water Development 6.0 GROUND WATER MANAGEMENT STRATEGY …………18 6.1 Ground Water Development 6.2 Water Conservation Structure and Artificial Recharge 7.0 GROUND WATER RELATED ISSUES AND PROBLEMS …………19 7.1 Water Logged Areas 7.2 Water Quality Problems 7.3 Drilling Problems 7.4 Ground Water Control and Regulation 8.0 RECOMMENDATIONS …………20 9.0 REFERENCES …………20 PLATES: I. INDEX MAP OF MATHURA DISTRICT, U.P. I.I DEPTH TO WATER LEVEL MAP OF MATHURA DISTRICT, U.P. (PRE-MONSOON, 2012). III DEPTH TO WATER LEVEL MAP OF MATHURA DISTRICT, U.P. (POST-MONSOON, 2012). IV. GROUND WATER RESOURCE MAP OF MATHURA DISTRICT, U.P. (YEAR 2009). 2 DISTRICT GROUND WATER PROFILE OF MATHURA DISTRICT, UTTAR PRADESH 1. GENERAL INFORMATION : Geographical Area (Sq km) : 3340 Administrative Divisions (As on 31.3.2005) Number of Tehsils/Blocks : Tehsil 4/Block 10 Number of Panchayat/Villages : Panchayat 479/ Villages 880 Population (As on 2011 Census) : 25.41 Lacs Average Annual Rainfall (mm) : 826 2. GEOMORPHOLOGY Major Physiographic units : Ganga Alluvial Plain which is sub-divided in Older and Newer Alluvial Plains (Flood Plains) Major Drainages : Yamuna river 3. LAND USE (Sq Km), (2009-10) Of 2013 Statistics: Forest area (in hectares) : 15.92 Net area sown (in hectares) : 2691.78 Gross area sown (in hectares) : 3963.23 4. MAJOR SOIL TYPES : Silty Soil, Sandy Soil and Loamy Soil. 5. Area under principal crops (As on 2010–11) : 3963.23 (in hectares) 6. IRRIGATION BY DIFFERENT SOURCES (Number of structures/Area (Sq Km)) 2010-11 /2008-09 Dugwells 422 /0.0 hectare Tubewells and Borewells : 61456 / 161342 hectares Canals 1309 km lengths/106408 hectares Other sources : Nil 3 Net Irrigated area : 2614.45 sq. km. Gross irrigated area : 3274.09 sq. km. 7. NUMBERS OF GROUND WATER MONITORING WELLS OF CGWB (As on 31-3-2012) No of Dug Wells : 13 No of Piezometers : Nil 8. PREDOMINANT GEOLOGICAL : Quaternary Alluvium FORMATIONS consisting of mainly sands of various grade, silt, clay and kankar. 9. HYDROGEOLOGY AND AQUIFER GROUP : Multiple aquifer groups (two) upto 258.47 m. depth. Major Water bearing formation : Gravel, Sand and silt intercalations Pre-monsoon Depth to water level (m. bgl) during : 2.65 to 14.34 2012) Post-monsoon Depth to water level (m. bgl) during : 1.33 to 14.0 2012) Long term water level trend in 10 yrs (2003-2012) in : Post-Monsoon: m/yr Rise 0.0300 – 0.3684 m/year (Jachonda- Vrindavan) Post- Monsoon: Fall 0.0077– 4.2387 m (Saunkh - Raya) 10 GROUND WATER EXPLORATION BY CGWB No of wells drilled (EW, OW, PZ, SH, Total) : 9 (EW) Depth Range (mbgl) : 85.0 – 278.90 Discharge (lpm) : 764 – 810 Storativity (S) : --- Transmissivity (m2/day) : 95 - 1228 11. GROUND WATER QUALITY 4 Presence of Chemical constituents more than : E.C. 857 to 6090 micro permissible limit (e.g. EC, Cl, F, As, Fe) Siemens/cm at 250 C, Cl-1595 mg/l at Farah, F - 0.37 to 1.0 mg/l, As & Fe – Nd. Type of Water : Moderate to Good 12. DYNAMIC GROUND WATER RESOURCES (2009) (MCM) Annual Replenishable Ground Water : 937.81 Resources Gross Annual Ground Water Draft : 781.53 Projected Demand for Domestic / Industrial : 44.28 Uses upto 2025 Stage of Ground Water Development : (83.33%), Only 5 blocks are under “Safe” category 13. AWARENESS AND TRAINING ACTIVITY Mass Awareness Programmes organized : None Water Management Training Programme : None organized 14. EFFORTS OF ARTIFICIAL RECHARGE & RAINWATER HARVESTING Projects completed by CGWB (No & Amount : Nil spent) Projects under technical guidance of CGWB : Nil (Numbers) 15. GROUND WATER CONTROL AND REGULATION : Number Of OE Blocks : 3 No of Critical Blocks : Nil No of blocks notified : Nil 16. MAJOR GROUND WATER PROBLEMS AND : Gradual depletion of ground ISSUES water levels due to over exploitation may increase the construction cost of the tubewells in such areas wherever ground water levels have been depleted to greater extent. 5 DISTRICT BROCHURE OF MATHURA DISTRICT, U.P. (A.A.P.: 2012-2013) By Sant Lal Scientist-‘B’ 1.0 INTRODUCTION Mathura district is a north –western segment of Agra district, is bordered by Gurgaon district of Haryana state in the North and Bharatpur district of Rajasthan state in the North- west . In the north – eastern and eastern sides it is bounded by Aligarh and on the south by the district of Agra. The district lies between latitudes 27°13’ and 27°57’ N and longitudes 77°15’ and 77°58’east. It falls in survey of India Toposheet No. 54E and 54I. Total geographical areas of the district is 3303 sq.km. The district is named after its chief city Mathura, which is classified among the seven holy city of India and one of the most anciently in habited city of Uttar Pradesh. Headquarter is at Mathura and there are three number of tehsils namely Chhata, Mathura and Mat. There are ten number of blocks in the district. As per census 2011 district has population of 25.41 Lacs of which 53.84 % is males and 46.16 % females. Density of population is 770 person/Sq.km. Physiographically district occupies a part of Yamuna sub- basin, in which Yamuna river traverses through the Geophysical control of the district in the direction from north to south and divides it into two physical units – the eastern or trans Yamuna and the western or cis- Yamuna tract except few scattered low hills, occurring near the Bharatpur border, the entire area is fairly flat, generally sloping towards south. The length of canal in the area is 1309 kms. by which 106408 hectare area is irrigated. There are 2 no. of government tube wells by which none of the area is irrigated du to might be not in operation. Irrigation by private tubewells is 161342 hectare. Hence 60.26 % area is irrigated by ground water. Net sown area is 269178 hectare and net irrigated area is 261445 hectares. Net irrigated area to net sown area is 97.13%. There are 511 India Mark II, handpumps for providing safe drinking water to the people. Systematic Hydrogeological surveys in the district was carried out by Shri S.P.C. Sinha of GSI during field season 1963-64 and 1964-65. Reappraisal 6 Hydrogeological surveys by sri V. Sharma, Jr.Hydrogeologist 1981-82. Reappraisal Hydrogeological surveys in parts of Mathura district were again carried out during field season 1988-89 by S/Shri R.C.Verma and R.K. Rajpoot , Asstt. Hydrogeologists. District Ground Water Management studies was also carried out during field season Programme 1999-2000 by shri Sanjiv Kudesia, Asstt. Hydrogeologist. Under the ground water exploration programme of CGWB, six shallow tube wells (about 40.0 mbgl) were constructed, namely,in Milk diary Agriculture form, Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyay agriculture , University, Mathura, Bhimpur in Raya block, Naga’s temple in Mat block, Karab in Raya block, Khaira and Umaria village in Chhata block during the year 2009-10 and 2010-11, to delineate the pocket of fresh water aquifer system and their hydrogeological characteristics in the area. 2.0 CLIMATE AND RAINFALL The average annual rainfall is 620 mm. The climate is sub-tropical humid and it is characterised by a hot dry summer and a pleasant cold season. About 88% of rainfall takes place from June to September. During the monsoon surplus water is available for deep percolation to ground water. As there is no observatory in Mathura district area, the representative meterological observatory at Agra, the record of which may be taken as representative meteorological condition. January is the coldest month. With the mean daily minimum temperature at about 70C and May is the hottest month with mean daily maximum temperature 420C and mean daily minimum temperature at 260C. With the onset of the monsoon, day temperature dropdown appreciably. The relative humidity of the district varies from month to month being maximum upto 80% to 90% during the month of July and August due to monsoon rainfall. The lowest relative humidity i.e. 20% to 40% observed during the month of Janury to April. The driest period of the year is Summer with the humidity as low as 20%. Winds are generally low to moderate, then the mean wind velocity is 5.8 km/ hr. The potential evapotranspiration is 1467.2 mm. 7 3.0 GEOMORPHOLOGY The area is part of the western fringe of Ganga alluvial plain and slopes gently towards east and along the drainage lines. The following geomorphological units have been delineated. The study is based on the visual interpretation of LAND SAT data and IRS IA DATA (Rai and Sinha 1992 ). The main three geomorphic units identified in the district are : 1. Younger Alluvium Plain 2. Older Alluvium Plain 3. Relict Mountains , Hills and Ridges 3.1 Younger Alluvium Plain: Younger alluvium plain is mainly restricted to present river course and mainly represented by sand and loam. It is further divided into (a) Present flood plain and (b) Old flood Plain. The present flood plain has two main land forms i.e.