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 Dry spell depletes water in Chhattisgarh [1]

Chief minister bans digging of borewells; mines flout the rule

chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh has banned digging of borewells by individual households for a year. This follows a sharp decline in the groundwater levels in the state after last year

Publication Date: 
14/07/2009
Aparna Pallavi [2]
Down to Earth [3]
Tags:
Mining [4], Water Resources [5], Groundwater [6], Water Policy [7], Drought [8], Chhattisgarh [9], Kawardha (D) [10]

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