Groundwater levels have been constantly diminishing over the years in Andhra Pradesh. There are reports about heavy exploitation of groundwater, to the extent that a significant chunk of the state falls in the ‘critically polluted’ category.

The result is that even heavy rains are unable to bail out the situation. Under such circumstances, experts in the groundwater department are considering the concept of sharing of groundwater, while there is a ban on thousands of villages under the AP WALTA Act prohibiting further drilling of deep borewells.