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Gurgaon, Faridabad among 31 over-exploited areas [1]

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”.

Publication Date: 
03/09/2013
Pradeep Sharma [2]
Tribune (New Delhi) [3]
Tags:
Haryana [4], Gurgaon (D) [5], Faridabad (D) [6], Groundwater [7], Urbanisation [8], Central Groundwater Board (CGWB) [9], Environment Act 1986 [10], Tubewells [11], Water Resources [12]
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