Crop Diversification to reuse: Haryana meets 85% Water Conservation Goals

Crop-Diversification

Haryana saved 5.8 billion cubic meters of water from March 2023 to February 2025, reaching 85% of its target according to HWRA. The state aims to save 6.9 BCM by March 2025 through wastewater reuse, efficient cultivation, crop diversification, micro-irrigation, and groundwater recharge. The initiative began after HWRA identified a deficit of 14.03 trillion liters between water availability (20.9 trillion) and demand (34.96 trillion) for 2020-2022. This is critical as 60% of the state falls in the ‘red’ category for groundwater exploitation. For 2025-26, Haryana plans 244 new water bodies…

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