In conversation with Dr. Himanshu Kulkarni, ACWADAM, Pune on aquifer management in India
The article on Groundwater: Towards an aquifer management framework by Dr. Himanshu Kulkarni and P.S. Vijay Shankar, published in the Economic and Political Weekly (Feb 07-13, 2009) was very insightful. The current debates on groundwater issues are quite encouraging as better solutions are being sought to cope through the crisis. The need for a National Groundwater Management Programme proposed by the authors though ambitious is achievable. The ideas have been extended to a new stage and the debate is now open. Himanshu Kulkarni strongly proposes that aquifer mapping and delineation is not that difficult a task as one would imagine. If a small organization like ACWADAM can do it in each project it has undertaken, Dr Kulkarni is confident that it is practicable for most organisations. Dr. Kulkarni shared his views on aquifer management in India.