India’s Groundwater Challenge : Imperatives for Conservation and Management for Future Water Security - By Chandrakant Singh

India's groundwater resource plays a crucial role in sustaining the nation's water needs, but its current state calls for urgent conservation and effective management. With increasing water scarcity and the looming threat of future water security, it is imperative to address the challenges and adopt sustainable measures to protect and optimize this valuable resource.

A recent study published on 15th June, 2023, in Geophysical Research Letters revels that the net water lost from underground reservoirs between 1993 and 2010 has caused the geographic North Pole to shift at a speed of 4.36 centimetres per year towards the east.

The same study also ....

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