Under the guidance of Prof. Pennan Chinnasamy, CTARA’s M. Tech. second-year student Aman Srivastava won first prize in innovative idea competition and second prize in paper presentation at North Maharshtra University in the event TECHNOVISION-2K19, a National Level Innovative Idea Competition and Paper Presentation Competition- under TEQIP-III on Oct 16, 2019. The idea provided sustainable techniques towards efficient water supply for irrigation and drinking by the applications of cascading check dams and pumping along canals (PAC). The paper presented the understanding of the trend of urbanisation and its implications on the water resources both spatially and temporarily across regions having varying “degree of development”.