First Person: Farmers running out of water in Punjab, India
WEBOct 25, 2023 · In Punjab known by some as India’s breadbasket, groundwater is being depleted faster than it is being replenished. Three farmers from Punjab explain how they experience water scarcity and...
Explained: Two reports, 2 decades apart, predicted Punjab’s ...
WEBSep 28, 2021 · What is the report from two decades ago. According to Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) officials, the study was titled ‘The State of the World Report, 1998′, published by Washington-based World Watch Institute (WWI). It said Punjab’s aquifers could be depleted by 2025.
Punjab is a bleak example of India’s groundwater crisis. Here is how
WEBMar 27, 2023 · In June 2022, a National Green Tribunal (NGT) monitoring committee stressed the depleting groundwater in Punjab. It cited a report which noted the state is left with groundwater to last for just 17 years. People DTE spoke to then dubbed paddy cultivation as one of the major reasons behind rapid groundwater depletion.
Accelerating rate of groundwater depletion in Punjab, worries …
WEBJun 14, 2022 · Experts warn a major threat to India’s food security if Punjab’s groundwater goes dry. Phasing out paddy and remodelling British era canal systems to improve canal-based irrigation techniques are being recommended as possible solutions.
Punjab’s water crisis: Protestors pressure government to address …
WEBAug 26, 2024 · The current government in Punjab, led by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), is facing harsh criticism for its failure to deliver on its environmental pledges. Protesters argue that while the government has acknowledged the …
Why Punjab has a water crisis, and what now - The Tribune
WEBJul 1, 2019 · Though Punjab’s water crisis has been in the making for the past over three decades, no serious efforts have been made to address it. Paradoxically, all stakeholders, including political...
Why Punjab has no water for SYL - The Indian Express
WEBOct 15, 2023 · Economist Sardara Singh Johal, who has been advocating for diversifying paddy areas to other crops for the past 40 years, points out that the state is facing a severe water crisis due to the over-exploitation of its aquifers, resulting in the …
India’s deepening water crisis at the heart of farm protests
WEBApr 29, 2021 · A water drops from a tap at a private warehouse of wheat and rice in Makhu, in the Indian state of Punjab, Friday, March 12, 2021. India’s water crisis looms over the agrarian crisis that has been brewing for decades.
Explained: Why Punjab’s groundwater might run dry by 2039
WEBJun 22, 2019 · After ushering in the era of the Green Revolution and filling granaries of the Union government by over-exploiting its water for irrigation, Punjab is faced with the challenge of saving its underground water aquifers.
Explained: Groundwater depletion in Punjab; why Punjab is on …
WEBJul 13, 2022 · A large number of factories in Punjab release polluted water into the rivers of the state, due to which the water is getting polluted, said Gurpreet. Approximately 228 factories are active in Ludhiana itself which largely contribute to the pollution of these rivers.
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