Kerala to amend groundwater act

KERALA is planning to amend legislation to check extraction of its overexploited groundwater.
Five of the 50 blocks in the state are over-extracted, 15 critical and 30 semi-critical, according to a 2004 survey by the Central Ground Water Board and the state ground water department.
A sub-committee of the state Ground Water Authority, which reviewed the Kerala Groundwater (Control & Regulation) Act, 2002, submitted its report on October 16. The government is expected to issue an ordinance soon in this regard.
The committee has recommended redefining the term