Central Groundwater Board report out
The large-scale urbanisation has taken its toll on the groundwater resources in the districts falling in the National Capital Region (NCR) of Haryana. While painting a gloomy picture on the exploitation of groundwater, the Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) has termed 31 zones as “dark zones” (over-exploited areas). The millennium city Gurgaon has four areas, Gurgaon, Pataudi, Sohna and Farukhnagar, declared as the “dark zones”.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/gurgaon-faridabad-among-31-over-exploited-areas
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/pradeep-sharma
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/tribune-new-delhi
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/haryana
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/gurgaon-d
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/faridabad-d
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/groundwater
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/urbanisation
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/central-groundwater-board-cgwb
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/environment-act-1986
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tubewells
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-resources