Nearly 300 resorts/hotels in and around the forests in The Nilgiris district extract 12 lakh litres of water a day from borewells depleting sub-soil water.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/nilgiris-hotels-drawing-12-lakh-litres-water-pil
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/ktsangameswaran
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/hindu-chennai
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tamil-nadu
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/nilgiri
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/groundwater
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/hotels
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rivers
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/public-interest-litigation-pil
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/high-court
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-resources