PAU gets project to lessen climate change impact on groundwater

The Times of India , Saturday, May 25, 2013
Correspondent :
LUDHIANA: The Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) has been allotted a research project "Groundwater Resource Management to Mitigate the Impact of Climate Change in Punjab and Haryana", under the sponsored grant component of National Initiative on Climate Resilient Agriculture, Hyderabad.

The project, having an outlay of Rs 1.25 crore for a period of four years, has PAU as the lead centre and the Central Soil and Salinity Research Institute (CSSRI), Karnal, as the collaborating centre.

Rajan Agarwal, Senior Research Engineer, Department of Soil and Water Engineering, PAU, is the Principal Investigator of the project.

The project leader Agarwal discussed about the project and said that the emphasis will be on studying the water resources in relation to climate variability, and the effect of crop diversification on the water resources.

Congratulating the scientists for bagging the project, the PAU Vice-Chancellor, Baldev Singh Dhillon, said climate change and water issues are the vital concerns for the farm sustainability and food security of the nation. The projects, aimed at conserving the natural resource base, are the need of the hour, he added.

 
SOURCE : http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-05-25/ludhiana/39520932_1_punjab-agricultural-university-climate-change-impact-water-resources
 


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