Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ABSTRACT: Groundwater has played an important role in the maintenance of India’s as well as Pakur’s economy, environment and standard of living. India is the largest groundwater user in the world. Through the construction of millions of private wells, there has been a phenomenal growth in the exploitation of groundwater in the last five decades. The factors driving this expansion include poor public irrigation and drinking water delivery, new pump technologies, the flexibility and timeliness of groundwater supply, and government electricity subsidies. As a result, 29 percent of the groundwater assessment blocks in the country are classified in semi-critical, critical, or overexploited categories with the situation deteriorating rapidly.
Authors: Dr Ashutosh Kumar, Harsh Vardhan
Institution: Vinoba Bhave University
Language: English
Subfield: Environmental Engineering
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4405153448