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Indiscriminate use of groundwater for farming depleting water level in Western Rajasthan [1]

A section of farmers in the dry districts like Jodhpur, Bikaner and Barmer are growing water intensive unconventional crops, using groundwater indiscriminately even in the months of May and June, w

Publication Date: 
30/11/2015
Shoeb Khan [2]
Times Of India (Jaipur) [3]
Tags:
Rajasthan [4], Groundwater [5], Drinking Water [6], Farmers [7], Irrigation [8], Water Resources [9]

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