Newsletter No. 66; IRBMS
February, 2019
Ganga
Late Prof. G.D. Agarwal, Environmental Activist
(Source: Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur)
reserves is depleting fast in the country and most
Commentary
our large dams and reservoirs are becoming dry
It is really painful to write the same words like but there is no meaningful action to prevent these.
severe, precarious and disastrous about the water When politicians are blaming each other on
condition of India, issues after issues. But In this Pulwama issue a vast number of rural poor is
pre monsoon election season large parts of India waiting for another dry hot summer drought.
will witness drought and severe water crisis. Many
women will try to save few drops of water before In
standing in the election booth line. So even if one Maharastra, Karnataka and other peninsular states
hates these words one cannot escape from them. with limited water resources large mining activities
Jharkhand,
Chattishgarh,
MP,
Odissa,
coupled with massive deforestation is ruining the
India is the highest exploiter of groundwater in the
surface water and groundwater reserves. No state
world and every passing day the groundwater
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