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Borewell digging to be banned in 10% villages [1]

Almost 10 per cent of villages in the state have been freshly earmarked to receive notifications under the Andhra Pradesh Water, Land and Trees Act, 2002.

The villages have been identified by the groundwater department here that has asked the state government to strictly check deep-bore drilling in about 2,500 villages that are to be notified in a fresh move this year.

Publication Date: 
27/01/2012
Deccan Chronicle (Hyderabad) [2]
Tags:
Wells [3], Groundwater [4], Tubewells [5], Drinking Water [6], Prakasam [7], Guntur (D) [8], Srikakulam (D) [9], Rainfall [10], Groundwater Recharge [11], Water Resources [12], Andhra Pradesh [13]
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