It’s also a major #contributor of contamination to estuaries and #groundwater.

When #groundwater is pumped out, the land above it sinks - and this leads to land #subsidence.

Shagun Garg, a researcher #analysing #groundwater levels in Delhi using satellite tracking

By 2016, almost all #housing societies had stopped using borewells and the reliance on #groundwater decreased considerably.

#Helping the #groundwater table rise from 20m to 16m in some areas, according to experts

#Residents also came together to revive a 200-year-old local reservoir named 'Naya Jhod' to boost harvesting of #groundwater.

In the #capital was sinking slowly, primarily due to excessive #groundwater extraction.

Its reliance on #groundwater and reverse the trend of land #subsidence

Its reliance on #groundwater and reverse the trend of land #subsidence

Being a farming #economy, India is the world's largest user of #groundwater. "This can be a model for other areas in #Delhi and #India", he says.

Instead they had to use #groundwater pumped up by a borewell for use as drinking water, for bathing and other #everyday purposes.

Residential apartments, #markets, schools were mushrooming and everyone was using #groundwater," remembers Ms Sinha.

When #groundwater is pumped out, the land above it sinks - and this leads to land #subsidence.

Shagun Garg, a researcher #analysing #groundwater levels in Delhi using satellite tracking.

By 2016, almost all #housing societies had stopped using borewells and the reliance on #groundwater decreased considerably.

#Helping the #groundwater table rise from 20m to 16m in some areas, according to experts.

#Residents also came together to revive a 200-year-old local reservoir named 'Naya Jhod' to boost harvesting of #groundwater.

In the #capital was sinking slowly, primarily due to excessive #groundwater extraction.

Its reliance on #groundwater and reverse the trend of land #subsidence.

Being a farming #economy, India is the world's largest user of #groundwater.

Being a farming #economy, India is the world's largest user of #groundwater.

Its reliance on #groundwater and reverse the trend of land #subsidence.

In the #capital was sinking slowly, primarily due to excessive #groundwater extraction.

#Residents also came together to revive a 200-year-old local reservoir named 'Naya Jhod' to boost harvesting of #groundwater.

#Helping the #groundwater table rise from 20m to 16m in some areas, according to experts.

By 2016, almost all #housing societies had stopped using borewells and the reliance on #groundwater decreased considerably.

Shagun Garg, a researcher #analysing #groundwater levels in Delhi using satellite tracking.

When #groundwater is pumped out, the land above it sinks - and this leads to land #subsidence.

"Residential apartments, #markets, schools were mushrooming and everyone was using #groundwater," remembers Ms Sinha.

Instead they had to use #groundwater pumped up by a borewell for use as drinking water, for bathing and other #everyday purposes.

#Chichawatni village plagued with acute problem of #arsenic in #groundwater