29 Mar, 2024
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Centre Issues revised Guidelines for Groundwater usage in “over-exploited areas”

The Centre has come up with the updated guidelines to protect the groundwater units that are now facing over-exploitation. About one-sixth of the assessed groundwater units in the country are exploited by industries, big housing societies, and commercial units. This revised guideline has forbidden the starting of new industry or mining projects in an “over-exploited […]