the Bihar Groundwater (Regulation and Control of Development and Management) Legislation, 2006, has been recently approved by the state assembly during its winter session. Another water-endowed state, Uttar Pradesh, is expected to follow. It has prepared a bill on the same lines. They also plan to ban boring without permission in regions where there has been a rapid depletion in the groundwater table.
Under the provisions of the Bihar act, a groundwater authority under a senior officer will regulate exploitation of groundwater resources, while the Central Ground Water Authority (cgwa) will help the state government in identifying overexploited areas and create
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/bihar-move-check-misuse-groundwater
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[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/down-earth
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/groundwater
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tubewells
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/groundwater-recharge
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-management
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-policy
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-conservation
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-harvesting
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/legislation
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bihar
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/uttar-pradesh
