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GROUNDWATER WITHDRAWAL
India's growth story runs through waterIndia's ambitious industrial expansion faces a critical hurdle: water scarcity. As manufacturing's GDP contribution targets 25%, companies ...- India's AI boom cannot ignore its water crunchIndia's AI growth risks exacerbating severe water stress as data centers, crucial for AI infrastructure, consume vast amounts of water. Cit...
- India accounts for 25% of global groundwater use, says committee, flags over-extractionIndia faces a critical challenge with excessive groundwater extraction, contributing 25 percent to global withdrawals. A parliamentary comm...
- The Most Surprising Part of Groundwater Loss Is How Slowly It Becomes an EmergencyGroundwater depletion is a silent global crisis, its slow, hidden progression masking a severe threat. Years of overuse, drawing on ancient...
- Govt launches Bhu-Neer portal, a centralized platform for managing groundwater withdrawal permitsThe Indian government launched the "Bhu-Neer" portal on September 19, 2024, to centralize and streamline the process of obtaining groundwat...
- UN University report warns about risk tipping points with irreversible impacts on people and planetA report by the United Nations University warns that the northwestern region of India, particularly Punjab and Haryana, is at risk of exper...
- UN report warns India heading towards groundwater depletion tipping pointA new report by the United Nations warns that some areas in the Indo-Gangetic basin in India have already reached the tipping point of grou...
- By 2080, India could lose groundwater by 3 times the current rate: StudyA study led by the University of Michigan warns that if Indian farmers continue to draw groundwater at the current rate, the rate of ground...
- Mapping groundwater sources by CSIR will help in using it for drinking: Jitendra SinghJitendra Singh said the CSIR, along with National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI), have undertaken high-resolution aquifer mapping an...
- View: NGT order is clearly impacting thousands of units that require groundwaterEven NGT would be aware that groundwater levels are not just a function of how much is extracted or replenished by a unit, but also by thos...
- Hindu Kush Himalaya Assessment: ICIMOD reportTen major rivers of Hindu Kush Himalaya are a lifeline for nearly 2 billion people in eight countries.
- NGT warns DMRC of halting services over groundwater withdrawalA bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice took strong exception on the issue of metro stations extracting ground water without due permissi...
- India uses up more groundwater than US & ChinaMost residents of Managarhi use bottled water for drinking and cooking, as if they were living in a desert and not in one of the world's mo...
- Warming of Indian Ocean behind groundwater decline in IndiaAgriculture in India relies heavily on groundwater for irrigation, particularly in the dry northern regions where precipitation is scarce.
- Use of groundwater for cleaning trains: NGT notice to RailwaysThe plea, filed by advocate Antima A Bazaz, has sought directions to Railways to install rainwater harvesting systems in all its 73 divisio...
- Haryana uses mapping tech to trace groundwaterHaryana will become the first state in the country to have aquifer mapping done for its groundwater resources by May
- Haryana faces 6th drought in 11 years, Punjab fifthOut of 17 years since 1998, Haryana has received at least 10% below normal monsoon rains in 12 years.
- Government notifies 162 areas with declining groundwater levelsThe Central Ground Water Authority has notified 162 areas across the country where groundwater withdrawal is more than annual replenishment.
- Uma Bharti bats for policy to address indiscriminate withdrawal of groundwaterUma Bharti has laid stress on the need for a comprehensive policy to address the issue of indiscriminate withdrawal of groundwater.
- Delhiites "most pampered" power consumersEconomic think-tank says Delhiites are the "most pampered" electricity consumers with highest per capita consumption.
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