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.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/defunct-tubewells-aggravate-water-crisis-says-pil-filed-hc
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/statesman-kolkata
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/murshidabad
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/west-bengal
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/public-interest-litigation-pil
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tubewells
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/drinking-water-scarcity
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-supply
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/high-court
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ngo
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rajiv-gandhi-national-drinking-water-mission