Water crisis in a SAT region and proposed strategies

Development of any area should be through a balanced utilisation of availab le local natural resources. While emphasising this, the article attempts to trace the ever-increasing water crisis due to the prevailing water utilisa tion and cropping patterns, by using an example from the Tuljapur Taluka of Maharashtra, a drought prone block in a semi arid tropical region in India . After examining the issues at Various levels, a strategy for eradication of drought is put forth by the authors.