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).

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 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. GEOMORPHO LOGY
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

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 Net Irrigated area : 2614.45 sq. km.

Gross irrigated area : 3274.09 sq. km.

7. NUMBERS OF GROUND WATER

MONITORING WE LLS OF CGWB
(As on 31-3-2012)
No of Dug Wells : 13
No of Piezometers : Nil

8. PREDOMINANT GEOLOGICA L : 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 QUA LITY

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 Presence of Chemical constituents more than : E.C. 857 to 6090 micro
permissible limit (e.g. EC, Cl, F, As, Fe) Siemens/cm at 25 0 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 CONTRO L AND
REGULATION :
Number Of OE Blocks : 3
No of Critical Blocks : Nil
No of blocks notified : Nil
16. MAJOR GROUND WATER PROB LEMS 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.

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 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
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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.

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 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. present river course and sand
plain sand bar. Similar the old flood plain is characterized by flowing land forms
which are represented by loamy sand.
The land forms are :
i. Abandoned Channel
ii. Meandering Scar
iii. Black- swamp
3.2 Older Alluvium Plain :
This unit is mainly characterized by yellow clay , kankar and Reh. It is
represented by following land forms.
i. Alluvium plain
ii. Salt affected plain
iii. Water logged plain
The maximum area of the district falls under these land forms.

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3.3 Relict Mountains, Hills and Ridges :
These relict mountains are present at Goverdhan , Barsana etc. and belong to
Delhi Super group. Here slopes are very high and they form mostly run off zone.
Besides these mentioned land forms, these are some wind blown Aeolian land
forms i.e. sand dunes and sand sheets at reported by Mukherjee, A. Etal (1988).

3.4 Drainage :

The drainage of the district is controlled by river Yamuna and its

tributary i. e. Patwaha which become flooded and torrential during monsoon.

Yamuna:
It is perennial river which enter in the district at village chaundras (in
tehsil Chhata) and follows a meandering course from north to south forming
the boundary between eastern tehsil Mat and western tehsil of Chhata and
Mathura . Its banks are sandy and low but as the river advances south wards
they become steeper and ravinious and sand hills begin to inter mingle with the
sandy slopes. The cultivation on the banks bordering the ravines is poor, the
ravines themselves being devoid of vegetation and pitted with modular
limestone.

4.0 SOILS

The soils of the district which forms a part of the Indo- Gangetic alluvium
(consisting of sand , clay, kankar and reh) have remarkable diversities in different
areas.
(i) In the Bangar in uplands the soils varies from ‘Dumat’ (rich loam) to ‘Bhur’
which is constituted of deposits of blown sand and fine silt. The occurrence of
Dumat soils are generally limited to the parts of Mat tehsil and in the northern
tract of Chhata .

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 (ii) In Behar area i.e. in the ravines of the Yamuna , the soil (which is largely
mixed with kankar) becomes impoverished by drainage, resulting in very poor
harvests.
(iii) The general soils around the Jhils and ponds are basically clays and are
known as Chiknot or ‘Bhabra’. During the rainy season, due to the action of
running water and flooding of these soils are mixed with sand and other
foreign materials and turn into a fertile loam which is richest along the edges
of the river.
By and large, mainly three types of soils, namely Silty soil, Sandy soil and
Loamy soil are found in the area. The clay, kankar (calcareous concretion)
and Reh (saline efflorescence) are also predominate in the blocks of Chhata,
Nandgaon, Goverdhan, Mathura and Farah.

5.0 GROUND WATER SCENARIO

5.1 HYDROGEOLOGY : The area is underlain by unconsolidated sediments

which are deposited uncomfortably over the Pre-Cambrian basement Delhi System.
The shallow aquifer group occur down to depth of 50.0 mbgl where as deep aquifers
group exist between the depth range of 135 - 185 mbgl. The aquifer material is
generally composed of fine to medium grained sand. Kankars are invariably
associated with sand and clay in older alluvium plain.
Ground water occurs under unconfined to semi-confined conditions in the shallow
aquifer group and semiconfined to confined condition in the deep aquifer group.

5.2 DEPTH TO WATER LEVEL:

As per depth to water level data of ground water monitoring stations for the
year 2012, premonsoon water level varies from 2.65 to 14.34 mbgl. (Annexure-IA) In
postmonsoon period depth to water varies from 1.33 to 14.00 mbgl. Seasonal water
level fluctuation varies from -0.15 to 3.85 m.

5.3 LONG TERM WATER LEVEL TREND:

The long term water level trend for ten years (2003-2012) of 18 ground water
monitoring wells have shown that nine wells have rising trend between 0.0176 to
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 0.3819 m per year and 6 nos. of ground water monitoring wells are showing fall
between 0.0542 - 0.7724 m /year during pre-monsoon. During post monsoon nine
wells are showing rising trend from 0.0300 to 0.3684 m/year and six wells have
falling trend between 0.0077 to 4.2387 m/year . Annual rising trend varies from 0.
0038 to 0.3511 m/year and falling trend is between 0.0177 to 0.5534 m/year.
(Annexure-I)

THE BLOCKWISE IRRIGATION THROUGH DIFFERENT SOURCES IN

MATHURA DISTRICT, U.P.

UNIT: AREA (Ham), year 2008-09 Table-I

Year/ Block Canal Govt. Private Wells Ponds Others Total
Tubewell Tubewell

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1.Nandgaon
19349 0 8156 0 0 0 27505
2.Chhata 17737 0 14908 0 0 0 32645
3.Chaumuha 13208 0 12393 0 0 0 25605
4.Goverdhan 17219 0 14053 0 0 0 31272
5.Mathura 9888 0 19117 0 0 0 29005
6.Farah 7045 0 14381 0 0 0 21426
7.Nohjhil 4906 0 25884 0 0 0 30790
8.Mat 8527 0 13642 0 0 0 22169
9.Raya 6243 0 14507 0 0 0 20750
10.Baldeo 2286 0 24293 0 0 0 26579

Total Rural 106408 0 161334 0 0 0 267742

Total Urban 8
0 8 0 0 0
0

Total District 106408 0 161342 0 0 0 267750

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 BLOCKWISE STATUS OF SOURCES OF IRRIGATION IN
MATHURA DISTRICT, U. P.
YEAR-2010-11.
Table- II

Block Canal Govt. Permanent Rahat Electricity Diesel Other Total Ground
Length Tubewell Wells (no.) Run Run (no) (no) Pumpset
(km) (no.) (no.) Pumpset Pumpset (no.)
(no.) (no.)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1.Nandgaon 0 50 4922 172 5144 0
169 0 0
2. Chhata 204 0 326 0 640 7043 200 7883 0
3. 126 0 0 0 583 4404 460 5447 0
Chaumuha
4. 138 0 96 0 243 4635 125 5003 0
Goverdhan
5. Mathura 112 2 0 0 849 6720 49 7618 2
6. Farah 156 0 0 0 187 6527 1110 7824 0
7. Nohjhil 96 0 0 0 895 5704 681 7280 0
8. Mat 104 0 0 0 388 3464 406 4258 0
9. Raya 112 0 0 0 743 5750 336 6829 0
10 Baldeo 94 0 0 0 1282 2864 24 4170 37
Total Rural 1309 2 422 0 5860 52033 3563 61456 39
Total Urban - - - - - - - - -

Total 1309 2 422 0 5860 52033 3563 61456 39

District

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5.4 GROUND WATER RESOURCES:
As per the report on Dynamic Ground Water Resources of Uttar Pradesh as
on 31.3.2009, the annual ground water availability of Mathura district is 93781.47
ham. The gross ground water draft for all uses is 78152.75 ham. The stage of ground
water development is 83.33 %. As per the estimate , Farah and Mat blocks are under
semi- critical where ground water development is 98.58% , 75.14 %
respectively.Three blocks i.e.Baldeo , Raya and Nohjhil falls under over exploited,
where ground water developments are 108.19% , 119.52 % and 124.49 %
respectively. Chhata ,Chaumuha , Goverdhan , and Nandgaon blocks of the district
fall under 'Safe' category of ground water development. (Annexure-II).

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 TREND OF WATER LEVEL – ALL
From Year 2003 to Year 2012
Annexer - I
District : Mathura
Sl. Location Premonsoon Post Monsoon Annual
No. Data Rise Fall Data Rise Fall Data Rise Fall
points (m/year) (m/yea points (m/year) (m/year) points (m/year (m/year)
r) )
1. Chhata New 9 0.1710 10 0.0333 39 0.0065
2. Nagra 9 0.0542 9 0.0917 38 0.0177
Chhitarsingh
3. Mat 10 0.0761 10 0.1972 39 0.0447
4 Raya 5 6 4.2387 21
5 Nohjhil 0 0 0
6 Baldeo 8 0.7724 10 0.7793 70 0.5534
7 Surir (new) 10 0.3819 10 0.2103 40

8 Vrindavan 6 0.1166 8 0.3684 32 0.3018

9 Paintha(gover 10 0.2520 10 0.2794 40 0.3511
dhan)
10 Farah 0 0 0.1158 0 0.2968
11 Barsana 10 0.1142 9 0.0332 39 0.0839
12 Jhingla Nagla 10 0.1210 10 40 0.1464
13 Chaumuha 7 0.4562 6 0.1732 25 0.3204
14 Palsongaon 6 0.0987 5 21
15 Koshi 10 0.0176 10 0.0215 40 0.0038
16 Jachonda 10 0.0472 9 0.0300 38 0.0412
17 Sahar-1 10 0.0274 9 0.0498 0.0077 39 0.0379
18 Saunkh 10 0.1291 0.1291 10 38 0.0751

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Water Level Fluctuation (Pre and Post monsoon) for the year 2012 of
Mathura District , U. P.
Table - III
Sl. No. Location of GWM Premonsoon Water Postmonsoon Water Fluctuation
WELLS Level Level (m)
(mbgl) (mbgl)
1. Baldeo 9.85 6.70 3.15
2. Barsana 5.87 - -
3. Chhata New 6.29 2.44 3.85
4. Jachonda 2.66 1.33 1.33
5. Jhinga nagla 3.81 2.38 1.43
6. Koshi 3.96 3.20 0.76
7. Mat 14.34 14.00 0.34
8 Nagra Chhitar 3.98 2.80 1.18
Singh
9 Paintha 3.30 2.53 0.77
(Goverdhan)
10 Sahar-I 2.65 1.45 1.20
11 Saunkh 4.14 4.93 -0.79
12 Surir New 6.99 7.14 -0.15
13 Vrindavan 10.87 7.02 3.84

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 ASSESSMENT OF DYNAMIC GROUND WATER RESOURCES OF THE MATHURA
DISTRICT , UTTAR PRADESH. (As on 31.3.2009)
```````` `Annexure -II
Sl. Assessmen Net Annual Existing Existing Existing Provision for Net Ground Stage of Category
No. t Units Ground Gross Gross Gross Domestic and Water Ground
Blocks/Dis Water Ground Ground Ground Industrial Availability Water
trict Availability Water Draft Water Water Draft Requirement for Future Development
for Irrigation Draft for for All Uses Supply for 2025 Irrigation (13/10)×100
Domestic (11+12) Development (%)
& (10-11-14)
Industrial
Water
Supply
1 2 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
1 Baldeo 6970.01 7185.88 354.86 7540.74 354.86 - 570.74 108.19 Over expl
2 10721.03 6407.24 258.80 6666.04 303.06 4010.73 62.18 Safe
Chaumu
ha
3 Chhata 11124.36 7873.80 355.41 8229.21 438.53 2812.03 73.97 Safe

4. Farah 8821.91 8389.03 307.76 8696.79 420.50 12.38 98.58 Semi

critical
5 Goverdh 10473.92 6359.80 364.53 6724.33 456.16 3657.96 64.20 Safe
N
6. Mat 6836.54 4818.00 339.08 5157.08 459.60 1585.94 75.1 Semi
critical

7. Mathura 10935.27 9124.88 528.05 9652.93 741.02 1069.37 88.27 safe

8 Nandgao 12540.68 6397.54 388.84 6786.38 489.72 5653.42 54.11 Safe
n
9 Nohjhil 7577.51 9063.90 368.96 9432.86 368.96 0.00 124.49 Over expl
10 Raya 7753.26 8870.90 395.49 9266.39 395.49 0.00 119.52 Over expl
Total 93781.47 74490.97 3661.78 78152.75 4427.90 14862.60 83.33

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 5.5 GROUND WATER QUALITY:
The mineralization of ground water depends upon lithology, texture and nature of soil and
hydrogeological property of zone through which water moves. The water samples collected
from ground water monitoring wells during May 2012 from GWM WELLS were analysed in chemical
laboratory, Central Ground Water Board, Northern Region, Lucknow. The major constituents are within
permissible limits as per drinking water norms. The electrical conductivity on an average is between
857 to 6090 micro mhos/cm.

Chemical analysis result of ground water monitoring wells for the year 2012 of
mathura district, U.P. , Table – IV.

Location E.C. in pH Chemical Constituents

micromhos/ CO3 HCO3 Cl NO3 SO4 F Ca Mg TH Na K PO4
cm at 250C
Naujhil 5812 8.01 Nd 610 904 1330 648 1.0 20 264 1150 690 5.6 Nd
Mant 1960 8.06 Nd 579 213 122 72 0.7 20 82 390 241 26 Nd
Raya 1368 8.01 Nd 317 291 41 58 0.9 36 96 96 84 6.3 Nd

Chaumuha 1810 8.1 Nd 464 312 64 48 0.78 24 136 625 117 5.5 Nd
Chhata 3040 8.0 Nd 756 404 85 296 0.95 40 137 670 181 394 Nd
Nandgaon 2010 7.98 Nd 610 354 5.2 58 0.82 36 120 590 240 4.0 Nd
Goverdhan 1360 7.97 Nd 366 227 15 29 0.85 32 67 360 140 4.0 Nd
Farah 6090 7.82 Nd 525 1595 27 58 0.88 336 67 1123 690 3.7 Nd
Mathura 1380 8.0 Nd 354 266 15 38 0.95 72 53 403 135 3.2 Nd
Baldeo 857 8.02 Nd 512 14 4.1 19 0.97 8.0 82 360 48 19 Nd

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5.6 STATUS OF GROUND WATER DEVELOPMENT:

Agriculture is the main sourse of populace of the district. To meet the requirement of
the irrigation, ground water and surface water are being utilized. Ground water
irrigation is under operation through 2no. of state government tube wells, 422 dug
wells (permanent well), 52033 diesel pumpsets, 5860 electricity run pumpsets, 39
ground pumpsets and 3563 other pumpsets in the entire district. Table-II.

Blockwise irrigation through different sources is shown in table –I, A perusal of the
table shows that 60.26 % of the area under irrigation is covered by ground water and
39.74 % area is irrigated by canals water. In Baldeo and Nohjhil blocks where the
canal network is limited , 18.74 % of the total irrigation area is covered by ground
water in these two blocks only. Table-II. In. Out of the net sown area of 269178 ha,
only 261445 ha area has been brought under irrigation and leaving 7733 ha land
unirrigated. Table –I and VII. Maximum numbers of diesel pumpsets are in Chhata
block i.e. 7043 and minimum are in Baldeo block i.e. 2864. Maximum number of
electric pumpsets are in Baldeo block i.e. 1282 and minimum are in Nandgaon block
i.e. 50. Only two number of government tubewells are available in Mathura block .
Maximum area is irrigated through canal is in Nandgaon block i.e. 19349 hectare and
minimum in Baldeo block i.e. 2286 hectare. Under water supply by taps / handpump
India Mark II 736 numbers have been constructed for drinking water.

6.0 GROUND WATER MANAGEMENT STRATEGY

6.1 GROUND WATER DEVELOPMENT:
The stage of ground water development in the district is 83.33 %. The
maximum stage of ground water development is in Nohjhil block i.e. 124.49 % and
minimum in Nandgaon block i.e. 54.11 %. Other 8 blocks have the stage of ground
water developments i.e. Baldeo 108.19 %, Chaumuha 62.18 %, Chhata 73.97 %,
Farah 98.58 %,Goverdhan 64.20 % , Mat 75.14 % , Mathura 88.27 % , and Raya
119.52 % .
Therefore only 5 blocks are in safe category.
Since five blocks are under dark category so that these blocks need to recharge
ground water through artificial recharge structure schemes. Artificial recharge
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structure may be constructed in the area where water levels are more than 10.0 mbgl
having good scope of ground water development through shallow and moderate deep
tube wells. Baldeo , Raya and Nohjhil blocks are under over exploited category
because ground water development of these blocks are 108.19 %, 119.52 % and
124.49 % respectively.

6.2 WATER CONSERVATION STRUCTURE AND ARTIFICIAL

RECHARGE:
The annual long term water level trend is also declining i.e. Mathura (0.5534
m/year) and Chaumuha (0.3204 m/year). Hence the artificial recharge schemes may
be taken up in Mat , Vrindavan and Baldeo blocks to check the declining water level
trend.

7.0 GROUND WATER RELATED ISSUES AND PROBLEMS

7.1 WATER LOGGED AREAS:

None of the area is affected by flood water of Yamuna river in the district.
7.2 WATER QUALITY PROBLEMS:

As per the chemical analysis result of ground water monitoring wells for the
year 2012. There is no problem in ground water quality except few localities. All the
constituents are in normal range. Only the E.C. of Naujhil, chhata and Farah blocks
are excess in permissible limit. Average range of E.C. is 857 to 6090 micromhos/cm
at 250C.

7.3 DRILLING PROBLEMS:

In the district 5 numbers of exploratory tubewells have been constructed by
CGWB, NR, Lucknow in shallow depth range of 31.50 to 45.0 m bgl. i.e. Bhimpur,
Mant in Mant block, Karab in Raya block , Khaira and Umaria in Chhata block.
Below 40.0 m depth ground water is saline down to drilled depth 150.0 mbgl. But
there was no caving problems due to the sand mixed with clay with occasional
kankar and gravel .

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7.4 GROUND WATER CONTROL AND REGULATION:
Since the stage of ground water development in 5 blocks is less than 90% and
there is no significant fall in long term water level during pre and post monsoon
season. Hence these 5 blocks are in safe category. Two blocks i.e. Mant and Farah are
under Semi- critical position. Three blocks i.e. Baldeo , Nohjhil and Raya where
stage of ground water development is more than 100 %. So that none of the block is
under notified area in the district .

8.0 RECOMMENDATIONS

The harnessing of ground water for irrigation has seriously affected the overall
hydrogeological regime of the district. The steep situation has been developed due to
continuous decline of water table in many blocks. In order to improve the present
scenario the following recommendations are suggested.

1. Management of water resources and conservation of ground water should be

under taken after detail study.

2. Artificial recharge to ground water required to be under taken in the areas

where water levels are more than 10.0 m. deep and ground water over
exploitation is noticed, to recharge the aquifer for ensuring their sustainability.
Roof top rain water harvesting is the best method for recharging ground water
for urban areas and check dams across rivers, recharge trenches along
channels, recharge shaft, revival of ponds etc. are recommended artificial
recharge techniques for rural areas.

3. In a few blocks i.e. Mant , Mathura , Baldeo , Nohjhil , and Raya areas have
the deep water level more than 10.0 m.bgl in the district. Hence a regular
monitoring of water level at close interval is essential by constructing
Piezometer wells in the district.

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