Most states fail to stop decline in ground water levels
Source: The Times of India, New Delhi, Date: , 2017
The
Times of India, New Delhi, Jan 2, 2017: Decline in ground water level due to
overexploitation of available resources had prompted the Centre in 2013 to come
out with a master plan for artificial recharge of ground water, specifying how
different states would go about it on priority. But majority of the states
have, so far, not implemented the master plan. Water resources ministry had
recently told a Parliamentary committee that only six states — Madhya Pradesh,
Gujarat, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Karnataka - have taken
follow-up actions despite the fact that the number of 'dark' (over-exploited)
units increased from 802 in March, 2009 to 1,071 in March, 2011.