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Forwarded for posting by Tejwant Singh ji Malik Moga, July 24 Kulwinder Sandhu/TNS Overexploitation of ground water to meet irrigation needs has in recent years created a big problem of water shortage in Punjab. Unfortunately, rain water harvesting and recharging of ground water...

CHANDIGARH: It would seem like a Bacchus lover’s paradise, a dream come true. Only, it’s not. A pollution-level survey is looking into excessive levels of alcohol in the groundwater around four major distilleries in Punjab as they are discharging their untreated effluents directly into the soil...

In the face of alarming dip in the groundwater levels in Punjab, the Union water resources ministry has asked the state government to immediately enact a law to control over-exploitation of ground water resource in the state. More...