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Decommissioning of open wells: Is all well in the villages?

The rising trend of abandoning open wells for borewells in Chikkaballapur and Annamayya districts, and the potential negative consequences of this shift.

Posted on 13 Jun, 2024 09:07 PM

In recent years, there has been a notable trend towards overdependence on groundwater for irrigation in the Chikkaballapur district of Karnataka and the Annamayya district of Andhra Pradesh. The transformation in the region has been marked by a growing number of cases where farmers are drilling borewells as a response to the declining water table over the years.

Borewell proliferation may dry up open wells (Image: FES)

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