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India’s groundwater recharge went up in last 7 yrs, but 5 states extracting over 100% of their shareA report published by the Central Ground Water Board shows the differing rates of groundwater extraction and recharge across states in India.
To understand the state of groundwater in India, the Central Ground ... states of Rajasthan and Punjab. While uranium occurs naturally in geological formations, groundwater and surface water ...
Yet this river-etched heartland is the scene of one of the most dire water crises today. Last year, a government study revealed that nearly half India ... In the states of Rajasthan and Madhya ...
Total annual groundwater recharge in India slightly ... northwest states like Punjab, Haryana, and Delhi. Increase in 'critical' and 'over-exploited' units raises concerns about water scarcity ...
The Centre plans to extend the Atal Bhujal Yojana, a scheme aimed at improving groundwater sustainability in seven water-stressed states, to five more states, including Bihar, Punjab and Tamil Nadu, ...
High nitrate levels have been found in groundwater of 440 districts across India, with 20 per cent of the samples collected exceeding the permissible nitrate concentration, the Central Ground Water ...
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