Groundwater Directorate's 10-yr data as well as CGWB's yearly findings confirm how borewells, unchecked urbanisation have led to water levels steadily falling in India's IT capital.
The toddler, who fell into open borewell at around 1 pm Monday, was taken out at around 9.50 pm same day. Army and National Disaster Response Force personnel made efforts to rescue her.
Child has been rushed to hospital in Nalanda & said to be in stable condition. NDRF official says established communication between child and parents with help of cameras.
Rescuers including SDRF & NDRFW teams are digging a 49-feet pit to reach the child. Teams are continuously supplying oxygen & webcams have also been installed to locate the boy.
It's time to realise that good times of groundwater development are behind us, and with it the dependability on food security and drinking water supply.
Death of 3-yr-old Sujith Wilson who had fallen into a borewell in Tamil Nadu Friday, has once again brought to focus the dangers posed by open & abandoned borewells.
Sujith Wilson fell into a discarded farm borewell while playing near his house in Nadukattupatti Friday evening. Various central, state agencies had been called in to rescue him.
While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.
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