Groundwater over-exploited in 4 taluks in Bengaluru Urban: study
The Hindu
In peripheral areas, the problems pertain to increase in number of borewells, deepening of borewells and drying up of rivers
Over-exploitation of groundwater, a problem raised several times before, has once again found mention in the Department of Water Resources (DOWR), Government of India, Aquifer Mapping and Ground Water Management Plan. According to the plan, in four taluks in Bengaluru Urban [Bengaluru East, Bengaluru South, Bengaluru North, and Anekal] groundwater is overexploited. While in 36% of the district, coming under city limits, water quality issues abound due to pollution, apart from poor recharge, in the remaining 56%, the over-exploitation is due to the complete dependency on ground water and unmindful drilling of borewells.
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