NEW DELHI: The capital, already going through a serious consuming water scarcity, is heading against a extra severe state of affairs as the level of groundwater, steadily depleting within the last two decades, has ended in 90% of the town being categorized as semi-critical or severe.
Presenting a dismal picture, the Central Ground Water Board instructed the Supreme Court on Tuesday that the water stage has been decreasing from Zero.Five metre to over 2 metres in line with 12 months at different puts in Delhi and could lead to a disaster if no longer halted.
Compiling knowledge on groundwater levels from 12 months 2,000 onwards, the board in its report said water levels in any respect its 20 tracking stations have seen a gentle decline with spaces around Chhatarpur, Dwarka and the President’s Estate hit the worst.
As in line with the report, 27% of the nationwide capital territory’s 1,483 sq.km had floor water at the stage of Zero-Five metres in 2010 but in 17 years this has shriveled to 11%. In 2000, floor water was available until 40 metres but at the present water levels in 15% of Delhi, or around 222 sq.km, have plunged to 40-80 metres.
The board has placed nearly all of Delhi in semi-critical or severe zones aside from a few wallet of west and central Delhi, which were declared protected as in line with 200510 knowledge. The downside may well be severe in NCR on account of over-exploitation of floor water for construction.
Presenting a dismal picture, the Central Ground Water Board instructed the Supreme Court on Tuesday that the water stage has been decreasing from Zero.Five metre to over 2 metres in line with 12 months at different puts in Delhi and could lead to a disaster if no longer halted.
Compiling knowledge on groundwater levels from 12 months 2,000 onwards, the board in its report said water levels in any respect its 20 tracking stations have seen a gentle decline with spaces around Chhatarpur, Dwarka and the President’s Estate hit the worst.
As in line with the report, 27% of the nationwide capital territory’s 1,483 sq.km had floor water at the stage of Zero-Five metres in 2010 but in 17 years this has shriveled to 11%. In 2000, floor water was available until 40 metres but at the present water levels in 15% of Delhi, or around 222 sq.km, have plunged to 40-80 metres.
The board has placed nearly all of Delhi in semi-critical or severe zones aside from a few wallet of west and central Delhi, which were declared protected as in line with 200510 knowledge. The downside may well be severe in NCR on account of over-exploitation of floor water for construction.
Water table dips: 90% of Delhi in critical zone
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