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Groundwater level in capital drops 3m every year: experts [1]

Due to excessive extraction of groundwater to meet the demands of city dwellers, level of the groundwater in the capital is depleting by two to three metres every year.

Publication Date: 
15/04/2013
New Age (Bangladesh) [2]
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Bangladesh [3], South Asia [4], Groundwater [5], Water Resources [6], Dhaka [7], Rivers [8], Surface Water [9], Drinking Water [10]

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