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
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/diminishing-effect
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[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/down-earth
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-resources
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/groundwater-assessment
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/groundwater-regulation
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/legislation
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/kerala
