The groundwater level in Nashik district has dipped by 1.37 metres below the average level for the last five years, ringing alarm bells among the authorities concerned.

The sudden drying up of one of the underground water source in Mawlai Mawdatbaki has raised serious questions on the overuse of ground water resources by way of drilling of deep tubes in residentia

Speakers at a farmers gathering in Rajshahi on Wednesday said the vast barind track has started facing water crises following depletion of both surface and groundwater resources, reports BSS.

KOLKATA, 25 JULY: The state water resources investigation and development department today formed a seven-member committee to assess the situation with the state's groundwater ahead of preparing th

Chandigarh: The ground water level in most areas of Chandigarh, though not alarming, has been witnessing a continuous declining trend since more than a decade now.

PARADIP: Jagatsinghpur district has been witnessing a steep decline in groundwater level. The quality of water also deteriorated.

LUCKNOW: Taking a serious view of the receding groundwater resources in the state, Uttar Pradesh government has said it would suspend subsidies for digging new borewells in 108 development blocks.

Due to the erratic monsoon in 2011 and rising summer heat, Maharashtra's water supply position has come down to 19 per cent of the total capacity of dams in the State.

After last year’s failed rainfall dried up most wells and the depeleting water table drove the hand pumps to a trickle, farmers in the nearly 200 villages in Mann and Khatav talukas in Satara are n