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โ€˜Harvest more water; banning paddy is not the solution to groundwater stressโ€™

Telangana groundwater resources 2025 released; Assessment for 2026 begins

Chittoorโ€™s 100-Day drive to boost groundwater progressing briskly

Traditional community diggers create percolation wells in Bengaluru to augment groundwater

By channelling rainwater directly into underground aquifers, they replenish the natural water bank, eventually raising the water table enough to refill dry wells, says Vishwanath S., director of Biome Environmental Solutions

Despite having nine large waterbodies, residents do not get clean groundwater

They say that if the government removes encroachments and brings excess water from Chembarambakkam to the lakesย in the constituency, the drinking water problem can be solved; another issue is that stray animal population keeps rising though the authorities take steps to catch them

Karnatakaโ€™s groundwater extraction reduced from 68.44%ย in 2024 toย 66.49%ย in 2025ย 

Releasing the 2025 Groundwater Assessment Report here on Wednesday, Karnataka Minister Boseraju says gains had been made owing toย good rainfall, policy interventions, and large-scale water conservation initiatives implemented over the past two yearsย 

100 day action plan to overcome water scarcity: Collector

According to the Collector, the government agencies would focus on protection of water tanks, improvement of groundwater levels, strengthening of canals would be taken up under this programme