The Central Water Commission has recommended construction of water harvesting structures, construction of new water storage structures, interlinking of rivers to meet the challenges of overall water scarcity in the country. In its study on the water situation in drought affected areas in 2015-16, the Water Commission has suggested renovation and repair of existing water bodies and mass awareness among citizens for water conservation. <br/><br/>It has recommended interlinking projects in areas like Marathwada of Maharashtra and Bundelkhand of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. It has suggested micro irrigation system to achieve more crops per drop. The study also said that ground water levels have been reported as falling in almost all regions of the country due to over exploitation and inadequate recharging mechanism for ground water. <br/><br/>The Commission has observed that the water scarcity in country is mainly due to consecutive failure of monsoon in last two years resulting low storages in dams.Rainfall deficit in country as a whole during 2015 was 14 per cent and in 2014 it was 12 per cent.