ECOLOGICAL STUDIES ON LUNI RIVER BASIN

摘要

Since the prehistoric time the river banks are the centers for large settlements The whole Indus valley civilization flourished on the bank of the Indus, the Ganges and their numerous tributaries. The tradition still continues, the most of the large cities are situated on river banks Rivers provide water to sustain domestic supply and industrial consumption. It has been estimated that the quantity of water consumed is only 20% of the total water used. Rest 80% emerges with all the pollutants in it and termed as sewage or effluent as per the origin. The situation in arid zone of India, especially in western Rajasthan, is really grave where water scarcity is the normal phenomenon and people are dependent mainly on monsoon. The river catchment of Luni, a monsoon flowing river, is full of industrial drainage along with other wastes. The land of the catchment is losing its potentiality day by day and the monsoon water flowing through it carrying harmful waste is the main drinking water of several small villages. This water is the carrier of several diseases and thereby causing illness of the poor villagers. Areview on industrial pollution in Luni river and efforts to combat this is presented in this paper as review.