Survey in March records steady depletion

While skyscrapers increase in height and density at the cost of natural water resources like paddy fields, the groundwater level in the district has touched a new low this year. A March-2013 survey by the Groundwater Department of their 54 sample wells across the district show a steady depletion, ranging from 1 m to 20 cm, in groundwater level.

With the ground water table depleting rapidly in view of the drought like conditions, Tiruchi Corporation has just begun to dig additional borewells on the river bed.

New Delhi: In 2009, clearance for digging a borewell in Delhi could only be issued by Delhi Jal Board. Only those proposals meant for community use would be considered.

Ninety-two Asiatic lions have died, including 83 of natural death, in the past two years in Gujarat’s Saurashtra region while there has been no case of poaching.

Ahmedabad: A total of 92 lions have died in the last two years in Saurashtra region.

Scarcity looms due to lack of rainfall, indiscriminate extraction. Insufficient rainfall and a prolonged spell of dry weather have taken a toll on the groundwater resources in and around the city.

New Delhi: Finally this year, DJB’s much touted GPS-enabled tankers will be out on the capital’s roads.

Many Of Bangalore’s Open Wells Are In The Throes Of Death Today

Bangalore: Today, abandoned open wells across the city are nothing but a repository of the dry treatment meted out to them for years. What once seemed inexhaustible water sources have fallen into disuse, thanks to unbridled exploitation and lack of attempts to revive them. TOI tracks down three wells that were once well-springs of life but now embody our half-hearted approach to water conservation.