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the Andhra Pradesh government has introduced new measures to check over-exploitation of groundwater resources. The Andhra Pradesh Water, Land and Trees Act, 2002 (walta), which was amended in August 2004 and came into force recently, regulates the drilling of borewells for irrigation purposes. The drying of borewells was a major cause of the spate of suicides that shook the state early this year (see Down To Earth,
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