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Defunct tubewells aggravate water crisis, says PIL filed in HC [1]

BEHRAMPORE, 6 FEB: Hundreds of community tube-wells that serve as a source of drinking water are lying defunct for years leading to a drinking water crisis in the drought-hit areas of Murshidabad where the alternative water points also run dry during summer months.

Publication Date: 
07/02/2011
Statesman (Kolkata) [2]
Tags:
Murshidabad [3], West Bengal [4], Public Interest Litigation (PIL) [5], Tubewells [6], Drinking Water Scarcity [7], Water Supply [8], High Court [9], NGO [10], Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission [11]
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[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/drinking-water-scarcity
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