A national emergency. Drawal of groundwater will have to be monitored and regulated more stringently. It is one thing for a farmer to run his pump an extra couple of hours, not cities with five million people. Whether or not we like it, the axe will have to fall on agricultural use. It should yield to requirements for potable use. Our cities like Bombay should follow global best practices on rain water harvesting, storage, recycling.
A national emergency. Drawal of groundwater will have to be monitored and regulated more stringently. It is one thing for a farmer to run his pump an extra couple of hours, not cities with five million people. Whether or not we like it, the axe will have to fall on agricultural use. It should yield to requirements for potable use. Our cities like Bombay should follow global best practices on rain water harvesting, storage, recycling.