• Dr. G. Pushparaj

Economic growth is the backbone of the welfare of every country and the primary sector that is agriculture is the most important in any economy in the sense that it provides food to its population and generates employment and income to a significant portion of its rural mass. However, agriculture mostly on irrigation and other water resources. Water is a prime natural resource, a basic human need and a precious national asset. The economic prosperity of a country is based on the development of water resources, particularly the river waters therein. The development of river water resources is primarily meant for the purpose of irrigation. Irrigation is an age old art, as old as civilization. Irrigation means the scientific application of the available water resource to obtain optimum crop output per unit of land. It includes such techniques as drainage, flood control and efficient water management. Scientifically executed irrigation works provide increasing rent to the land owner, enhance return to the cultivator, more employment opportunities and a desirable freedom from famine and drought. To the farming population, perfect irrigation guarantees secured supply, improved crop quality and increasing fertilizer efficiency and stabilized farm income. Further, successful water application assures production, favours intensive cropping and improves the water efficiency. In this article an effort has been made to study the water resource management systems that are followed in Kanniyakumari District.

Kanniyakumari District, agriculture, paddy, economic activity, monsoon, water resources, river, irrigation, Pandyan Dam, Puthen Dam, Pechipparai Dam, Perunchani Dam

"AN OVERVIEW OF THE WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN KANNIYAKUMARI DISTRICT ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.595-599, June-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907083.pdf

"AN OVERVIEW OF THE WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN KANNIYAKUMARI DISTRICT ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp595-599, June-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907083.pdf