Managing drought short term strategies in semi arid regions a case study

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MANAGING DROUGHT: SHORT TERM STRATEGIES IN SEMI ARID
REGIONS -A CASE STUDY
Vijaykumar M.Devappa1
Prof. & Head Civil Engg, Dept. & M.Tech, Courses BKIT Bhalki-585328, Dt Bidar, Karnataka
vmdevapa@gmail.com
Abstract
Drought management needs multidisciplinary action. Interdisciplinary efforts among the experts in various fields of the droughts
prone areas are helpful to achieve tangible and permanent solution for this recurring problem. The Gulbarga district having the total
area around 16, 240 sq.km, and accounts 8.45 per cent of the Karnataka state area. The district has been situated with latitude 17º 19'
60" North and longitude of 76 º 49' 60" east. The district is situated entirely on the Deccan plateau positioned at a height of 300 to
750 m above MSL. Sub-tropical, semi-arid type is one among the drought prone districts of Karnataka State. The drought
management is very important for a district like Gulbarga. In this paper various short term strategies are discussed to mitigate the
drought condition in the district.
Keywords: Drought, South-West monsoon, Semi-Arid, Rainfall, Strategies etc.
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1. INTRODUCTION
By the experience of the past century the Indian arid and semi-
arid zones experience drought situations once in alternate three
years [1]. Prolonged droughts are experienced about five times
in a century, leading to severe scarcity of food fodder, fuel,
fruits, flowers and fiber. [2] Have defined ‘drought week’ as a
week receiving rainfall equal to or less than half of the average
rainfall of the week [3] analyzed the drought conditions during
the south-west monsoon season using the definitions on the
basis of rainfall deficits from normal as; between 11 to 25
percent- slight drought; between 26 to50 percent- moderate
drought; and if it is greater than 50 percent–severe drought. [4]
analyzed monthly and yearly drought for agricultural planning.
Above definitions were used to study the drought situation at
different corner of the country [5];[6];[7];[8](e.g. Dabral; 1996;
Kumar and Kumar, 1989; Ray et al. 1987; Ranade and Gupta,
1992). Erratic and scanty rainfall, excessive depth to ground
water, absence of perennial rivers, and porous nature of soils
are interrelated. The major causes contributing to drought are
increased pressure of both human and livestock population
during the previous century which had imposed tremendous
pressure on natural resources particularly in the arid and semi-
arid regions.
Drought is an insidious hazard of nature. It should not be
viewed as merely a physical phenomenon or natural event .its
impact on society result from the interplay between a natural
event and the demon of the people, place on water supply
[9].The drought management is very important for a district
like Gulbarga. During these years a large numbers of relief
works were required to start by various Government and Non-
government agencies in the district in order to mitigate the
drought impact.
In most of the developing world, drought vulnerability
constitutes a threat to livelihoods, the ability of maintain
productive systems and healthy economics. Droughts cause
maximum damage in dry and semiarid tropical regions of India.
With ever increasing population, there is a severe stress of
water resource in general and during periods of droughts in
particular [10]. Certain measures can be taken to reduce the
adverse impacts of drought. They can be short term and long
term. Drought prone areas can be made less vulnerable to
drought associated problems through soil moisture
conservation measures, water harvesting practices and
integrated water management strategies would be needed for
managing available water resources optimally. Droughts and
water shortage can be managed through focused research and
analysis for effective
1.1 Data Collected
For the detailed study of the Gulbarga district, the various data
were collected from district Statistical department, Zilla
Panchayth Gulbarga, office of the Deputy Commissioner
Gulbarga[11].
1.2 Study Area
Gulbarga district is one among the drought prone districts of
Karnataka State. All the ten talukas of the Gulbarga district
were identified as drought prone talukas. Drought management
needs multidisciplinary action. Interdisciplinary efforts among
the experts in various fields of the droughts prone areas are

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helpful to achieve tangible and permanent solution for this
recurring problem. There is a need of the hour, how to deal
with droughts and manage available resources optimally. With
increasing population and predictions of global climate change
and increasing water scarcity, management of drought will
have an important role to play in ensuring food security and
better livelihood for millions of people. The lessons learnt from
droughts in the past can be utilized in building up the necessary
infrastructure and evolving management systems for
sustainable use of natural resources.
The drought management is very important for a district like
Gulbarga. During these years, large numbers of relief works
were started by various Government and Non- government
agencies in the district in order to mitigate the drought impact.
Generally the public efforts mounted to deal with the drought
situations and they are in the form of relief measures aimed at
providing food security, employment opportunities and some
sort of development work. As such, in effect these are basically
efforts in mitigating the consequences of drought, rather than
containing the drought itself. It is necessary to make a
distinction between these two phases in managing the drought.
Problems of tackling drought impacts are complex and
multifaceted. Therefore Strategies to deal with these problems
require multi- institutional and multi-disciplinary resource
building approach with farmer at center stage. Various data
product from field GPS maps, remote sensing etc can be used
effectively in GIS and easily converted into a common scale
and resolution required for integration. Because of the spatial
nature, data of natural hazards like droughts can be analyzed
and effective planning can be made using GIS.
1.3 Location, Extent and Accessibility
Gulbarga district is one of the 30 districts of Karnataka state in
southern India. Gulbarga city is the administrative headquarters
of the district. In Persian language Gul means flower and berg
means leaf thus making Gulbarga once a land of lavish living.
This district is situated in northern Karnataka between 76°.04'
and 77°.42 east longitude, and 17°.12' and 17°.46' north
latitude, covering an area of 10,951 km². This district is
bounded on the west by Bijapur district and Sholapur district of
Maharashtra state, on the north by Bidar district and
Osmanabad district of Maharashtra state, on the south by
Yadgir district, and on the east by Ranga Reddy district of
Andhra Pradesh state.
The city of Gulbarga was founded by the Bahmani Sultans in
the 14th century as their capital. However the history of the
region dates back to the 6th Century when the Rashtrakutas
gained control over the area, but the Chalukyas regained their
domain and reigned for over two hundred years. Around the
close of the 12th century the Yadavas of Devagiri and the
Hoysalas of Halebidu took control of the district. The present
Gulbarga District and Raichur District formed part of their
domain. The northern Deccan, including the district of
Gulbarga, passed under control of the Muslim Delhi. The revolt
of the Muslim officers appointed from Delhi resulted in
founding of the Bahmani Sultanate in 1347 by Hassan Gangu,
who chose Gulbarga (Ahsenabad during this period) to be his
capital. From 1724 to 1948 the territory occupied by the
present-day Gulbarga district was part of Hyderabad state ruled
by the famous Nizams. It was integrated into India in
September 1948.
1.4 Geography
Gulbarga is situated in Deccan Plateau located at 17.33°N
76.83°E and the general elevation ranges from 300 to 750
meters above mean sea level. Two main rivers, Krishna and
Bhima, flow in the district. Black soil is predominant soil type
in the district. The district has a large number of tanks which,
in addition to the rivers, irrigate the land. The Upper Krishna
Project is major irrigation venture in the district. Bajra, toor,
sugarcane, groundnut, sunflower, sesame, castor bean, black
gram, jowar, wheat, cotton, ragi, Bengal gram, and linseed are
grown in this district.
The weather in Gulbarga consists of 3 main seasons. The
summer which spans from late February to mid-June It is
followed by the south west monsoon which spans from the late
June to late September heavy rainfall may go up to 750mm. It
is then followed by dry winter weather until mid-January.
Barring the hot summer months, the salubrious weather of
Gulbarga makes a visit to this historical city a pleasant one.
Gulbarga district presently comprises the following 7 talukas
Gulbarga (Fig.2) Aland Afzalpur Jevargi Sedam Chitapur
Chincholi. Temperatures during the different seasons are:
Summer: 38 to 44 °C Monsoon: 27 to 37 °C Winter: 11 to 26
°C
1.5 Demographics
According to the 2011 census Gulbarga district has a
population of 2,564,892, roughly equal to the nation of Kuwait
or the US state of Nevada. This gives it a ranking of 162nd in
India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population
density of 233 inhabitants per square kilometre (600 /sq mi). Its
population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was
17.94%.Gulbarga has a sex ratio of 962 females for every 1000
males, and a literacy rate of 65.65%.Kannada is the
predominant language spoken in this district. Dakhni Urdu are
also spoken in this district. Hinduism and Islam are principle
religions followed in this district. The Urdu speaking Muslim
population is heavily influenced by Hyderabad.
1.6 Transport
Gulbarga city is well connected by road and rail from
Bangalore, Hyderabad, Mumbai & other major cities. Local
Transport: Taxis and auto rickshaws are available for getting
around the city at fairly reasonable rates. NEKRTC city buses
also ply within the city and also go to the nearby towns and

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villages. KSRTC runs the bus service to other cities and
villages. Also there are plenty of private bus services. The
Bidar-Srirangapatna state highway made travel easy to
Bangalore, and neighboring states of Maharashtra, Goa. There
are many private services running Volvo buses between
Bangalore-Gulbarga, Mumbai-Gulbarga. Gulbarga is well
served by major rail lines and is connected to all major parts of
India such as Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai,
Ahmadabad, Rajkot, Agra, Bhopal, Coimbatore, Kanyakumari,
Trivandrum, Bhubneshwar etc. Nearest Airport is Hyderabad
International Airport 220 km from City. A new airport in
Gulbarga is under construction.
Fig.1 Location map of Gulbarga district, Karnataka, India
1.7 Agriculture and Crops
The total cultivated area in Gulbarga district is 12.55 lakh
hectares, out of which kharif area is 6.66 lakh hectares and
Rabi area is 5.89 lakh hectares. The district normally has three
cropping seasons namely (A Report of Government of
Karnataka, Contingency plan for Drought Relief Work, 2003)
kharif, Rabi, and summer. The source of irrigation is mostly
canal system under Upper Krishna Project and rest through
medium irrigation project and to some extent by bore well and
tank irrigation. The (major) principal crops grown in the district
are tur, bajra, ground nut, sunflower and Rabi jawar. Sugarcane
is also grown to an extent of 7000 hectares. Red gram is the
single monocrop, occupying the highest area in the state and in
the country. The district has a total of 2, 41,482 small and
marginal farmers. The district is economically backward with
80 per cent of the population depending upon the agriculture.
Most of the families reside in villages. The Gulbarga district
has a long history of continuous droughts. The district also has
very poor human development index. The total number of
agricultural labours is 4, 44,440. The only major irrigation
project in the district is Upper Krishna Project, which covers 3
talukas, namely, Shahapur, Shorapur and Jewargi, providing
irrigation to 1.96 lakh hectares of land. The other medium
irrigation projects are Chandrampalli in Chincholi taluka
covering 4010 hectares, Hattikuni, and Soudagar projects in
Yadgir taluka covering 3,500 hectares. At present, out of total
cultivated area only 18 per cent is under irrigation. The
remaining cultivated area totally depends on rainfall only. With
the completion of ongoing irrigation projects like Bennethora,
Gandorinala and Amarja, the area under irrigation will be
increased to 35 per cent cultivable area.
Fig.2 map of Gulbarga district, Karnataka, India
2. STRATEGIES FOR EFFICIENT MANAGEMENT
OF DROUGHTS
Development of appropriate and viable drought management
strategies, to meet the challenge posed by the occurrence of
droughts year after year, should be the ultimate goal of drought
research.
2.1 Short Term Strategies
Following short term measures are being required to combat
drought in the district.
2.2 Execution of Labour Oriented Schemes
The primary effect of drought is failure of crops, reduction in
agricultural production and increased unemployment among
laborers with direct economic consequences, leading to ill
health and under nutrition in the community. The most
vulnerable segments of the population to drought are weaker
sections of the society, such as those belonging to SC/ST
communities, rural landless labourers, marginal farmers and
small farmers. Frequent drought affected region for the district
like Gulbarga, implementation of relief and development works
with proper planning will be required after adequate
investigation for creating suitable and productive assets. The
maximum population density of 20 per cent is observed in
Gulbarga taluka and minimum population density of 7 per cent
is observed in Afzalpur and Jewargi talukas of the district.
About 10.10 lakh main workers, about 3.4 lakh marginal
workers and about 17.8 lakh of non-workers are observed in the
district. It had been found that the distribution of workers in the
district is not uniform in all talukas of the district and also a
well-defined labour oriented programme could bring
considerable relief to the landless labourers and reduce the
migration considerably. The various Government and Non-

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government organizations of the district should involve in such
schemes. Remote sensing and geographical information system
could be used efficiently for identification of places for the
construction of various projects to give work to various labour
categories.
Table-1 Classification of workers in various talukas of
Gulbarga district Gulbarga
Taluka ClassificationofWorkers
Workers Non-WorkersCultivators AgriculturalLabourers
Main Marginal Total Male FemaleTotal Male FemaleTotal
Afzalpur 54890 21966 103215 18588 4028 22616 15501 21604 37105
Aland 106212 46407 144517 34093 13666 47759 29070 47847 76917
Chincholi 80993 31026 111627 23919 9533 33452 18431 34803 53234
Chithapur 113667 27554 225581 22816 7361 30177 19320 27586 46906
Gulbarga 182007 40685 452991 25789 8274 34063 20695 30201 50896
Jewargi 78852 30043 126359 24906 5750 30656 20443 36678 57121
2.3 Planning of Famine Relief Measures
Normally, the Executive Engineer, ZPE Division, Executive
Engineer KUWS and D.B. Gulbarga are taking the stock of
ground realities prevailing in the district, and they should
prepare an action plan for providing drinking water to the
problem facing villages and urban areas respectively and
submit the report to task force committees. The action plan has
to be submitted to the Deputy Commissioner by taluka
thahasildars to consolidate them and to submit to Revenue
Department and Government for release of funds under
Calamity Relief Fund, wherever Zilla Panchayat and Local
bodies are not in a position to make the good requirements out
of their own sources of funds. The various guidelines should be
followed as per RS and GIS for planning famine relief
measures.
2.4 Transportation of Drinking Water from Outside
Regions
Priority will be given to supply of drinking water by tankers to
the severe drought affected areas. Transportation of drinking
water from the water available place works costlier but save the
life of the people and livestock during drought periods.
2.5 Public Distribution System
To mitigate the impact of drought as per the direction given by
State and Central Government, the Gulbarga district has to
develop a reliable public distribution system for distribution of
food grains. In this context for efficient management, proper
watching of the working of the system is required.
2.6 Diversification of Economic Activities
Diversification of economic activities is an important aspect of
improving the drought situation. Drought usually affects
farming activities; however, other non-farm based economic
activities continue to provide employment and income to the
people of the region. These farming activities which need to be
supplemented and encouraged during drought period
(a) Among diversified activities crop husbandry, poultry and
other skill based activities should be taken up which are not
dependent on agriculture itself.
(b) Agro- processing is an important lacuna in the drought
prone areas. This will not only provide employment but also
enhances value addition to the products. This can be taken up
for millets like Jowar, Sajje, save as well as for the crop
residues.
The industrial activities of agro processing should be taken up
by the District Industrial Department, Private Industries, and
Non-Government Organizations and Private Capital Ventures.
Diversification of economic activities in a proper way helps the
people of the district to tolerate the drought followed by famine
in the district.
2.7 Employment Generation Programme
There are around 2.8 lakh male cultivators are present in the
district. Among agricultural labours, 1.92 lakh male and 3.5
lakh female are present in the district. More migration of the
people in the district is observed during the drought period.
Hence, availability of employment at the time of stress due to
drought in the region is one of the major problems.
Employment is usually available on the drought relief works;
however, it is sporadic and does create an assurance among the
farming community. Therefore, provision off- farm
employment happens to be one of the important problems in
these regions. Employment Assurance Schemes certainly help
to provide employment during the lean period. Similarly, the
drought relief works provide employment only at the time of
drought. However, it is suggested that some of the production
oriented employment programme with an underlying skill
enhancement should be taken up in the districts so that the
employment is available around the year. This will supplement
farming activities, and instill confidence among the farmers.
Such programme should be taken up by Non-Governmental
Organizations where the production activity itself should
sustain the programme in the long run. Efforts will be made to
provide employment to agricultural labours in the district
particularly in rural areas at village level under various labour
oriented schemes taken up by Zilla Panchayat and other bodies,
such as Employment Assurance Scheme (EAS), Water Shed
Development Programme, Shehri Rozger Yojana (Urban
Employment Scheme) and also Hundred Days Guarantee
Schemes in rural areas (State and Central schemes).

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2.8 Food for Work Programme
The migration of the people in the district is slightly higher
during drought period. The several works to be taken up under
Employment Generation scheme (E.G.S) will depend on local
area requirement and labour oriented works such as road
works, digging and deepening of wells, desilting of tanks and
ponds etc. While selecting such types of works in the drought
district, every effort should be made to prevent migration
of people. Under Sampurna Gramina Rozghar Yojana
(Complete Rural Employment Scheme) in Gulbarga district the
total men generated is 35.0 lakh and the total food grains
utilized under this scheme is 12,429 tones.
2.9 Increasing Irrigation Potential
The net irrigated area in the district is 2.10 lakh hectares. In
this, 77.23 per cent is from canals, 1.91 per cent is from
reservoirs and 14.92 per cent is from wells The total number of
lift irrigation schemes in the district are 1049 and maximum lift
irrigation is present in the Shorapur (385 numbers) and
minimum lift irrigation is present in Chincholi, Chithapur,
Gulbarga and Jewargi talukas. The total water available from
other water sources in the district is 5529 numbers and
maximum water sources present in Yadgir taluka (11609
hectare) and minimum water source in Chithapur taluka of the
district.
The foremost and the best ways of preventing the drought are
to provide assured irrigation to all the cultivable land. At
present, out of nearly 13,993, 81 hectares cultivated in
Gulbarga district, nearly 11, 79,856 hectares is under rain fed
conditions. It is estimated that even after achieving the full
irrigation potential, the major cultivable area will remain still
dependent on rain..A proper planning is required using the
advanced technology like remote sensing and geographical
information system in the district to plan and locate the various
water storage structure to increase irrigation potentials.
2.10 Management of Population in Drought Affected
Area
Migration of population to neighboring States/districts reflects
the decrease in employment opportunities in the villages of the
district and highlights the need for strengthening income-
generating activities for the rural poor. In the district, there are
around 5.2 lakhs of male and 2.73 lakhs of female literates in
the rural areas, 2.93 lakhs of male and 2.11 lack female literates
in urban areas. The literates in various talukas in rural and
urban with total numbers of male and female are shown in and.
From the table, it is observed that the female literacy rate is
substantially low in Gulbarga district. This may be due to an
unchecked population growth and low educational and low
infrastructural facility in the district. To increase the literacy
rate in the district two measures could be taken viz. a) Literacy
should be made more popular in the district through street plays
like Saksharatha Andolana (literacy programme) etc. b) To
Increase the educational infrastructure, at least one primary
school per village for every 500 households are to be provided.
In this regard, Department of Social Welfare, Health,
Education, NGOs and Zilla Panchayats should work together
and proper measurers should be taken.
Fig3. Map showing the irrigation by canal in Gulbarga district
Table2. Literates in various talukas of Gulbarga district [12]
Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total
Afzalpur 43053 23402 66455 6025 3998 10023 49078 27400 76478
Aland 72976 40574 113550 10916 7182 18098 83892 47756 131648
Chincholi 52561 28252 80813 5661 3600 9261 58222 31852 90074
Chithapur 52616 28677 81293 41769 28165 69934 94385 56842 151227
Gulbarga 64761 35559 100320 159519 119649 279168 224280 155208 379488
Jewargi 50465 24476 74941 5983 3947 9930 56448 28423 84871
Sedam 32583 18328 50911 13022 9138 22160 45605 27466 73071
Total 369015 199268 568283 242895 175679 418574 611910 374947 986857
Taluka
Literates
Rural Urban Total
Source: Statistics of the Gulbarga district, published by Z.P.
Gulbarga
2.11 Management of Livestock in Drought Affected
Area
In semi-arid areas, which are frequently subjected to drought,
planning of livestock management is important as that of
pastures in order to keep production at a suitable level,

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compatible with its economic development where
communications and cost of transport neither allow the import
of fodder to the drought stricken area nor the movement of
livestock to areas not affected by drought. If there is no other
defensive planning against the ravages of drought, the farmer is
faced with the choice of selling his stock at low prices and
buying back after the drought at high prices, or allowing them
to die of hunger. This is true as for as Gulbarga district is
concerned. The scientific experiments and education should
provide the knowledge on which adequate individual action
may be taken to reduce the ravages of drought.
According to recent census, the total number of cattle in the
district is 22, 25,864. In the district, the maximum cattle
percentage is in Yadgir taluka (18.3 per cent) and minimum
cattle percentage is in Afzalpur taluka (5.08 per cent). The
number of buffalos present in the district is 2, 27,249. The
maximum buffalos are present in Shorapur taluka 89,303 and
minimum in Afzalpur (12224). The total indigenous cattle
present in the district is 8, 19,956, with maximum in Yadgir
(119401) and minimum in Sedam taluka (61925
numbers)[13].The total number of cross breed present in the
district is 13,383 with maximum in Gulbarga (5105) and
minimum in Jewargi taluka (66 numbers). Pie chart shows the
percentage of total livestock in Gulbarga district. The minimum
5 % livestock present in Afzalpur taluka of the district and
maximum 19 % of livestock percent in the Yadgir taluka of the
district. To manage the livestock, at present there were 14
Goshalas in the district. It requires more additional number of
Goshalas (Cattle sheds) to reduce the impact of drought on
livestock. During drought, the animals should be kept in the
cattle sheds and arrangements should be made to procure
fodder from wherever it is available.
The Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Service Department
should be placed in-charge of the cattle sheds for procurement
of fodder and treatment of diseased animals. They should be
cautioned to have sufficient stock of medicine in each of the
Goshalas.
Fig.4 Location map showing no of Goshalas in Gulbarga
district
CONCLUSIONS
1. Artificial recharging of aquifers to augment ground water
by constructing percolation tanks and check dams across
nallas and water courses.
2. Planning and development of works for drought mitigation
such as water harvesting, social forestry, pasture
development etc.
3. Development of appropriate and viable drought
management strategies to meet the challenge posed by the
occurrence of droughts year after year, should be the
ultimate goal of drought research.
4. The wide variability in rainfall in drought prone mandals
requires installation of rain gauge at Gram Panchayat level.
5. Artificial recharging of aquifers to augment ground water
by constructing percolation tanks and check dams across
nalas and water courses.
6. Planning and development of works for drought mitigation
such as water harvesting, social forestry, pasture
development etc.
7. Encouraging R & D studies on drought resistant crops to
suit semi-arid climate mixed cropping pattern, economic
water use methods, techniques to minimize losses from
water distribution systems and water bodies.
8. Weather modification through cloud seeding for inducing
artificial rainfall for increasing the rainfall in the pockets
of acute drought.
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