Uttar Pradesh

New Delhi, May 30 (India Science Wire): A new study has found that as many as 2.34 crore people in rural areas of Uttar Pradesh are exposed to high levels of arsenic in groundwater.

Under Namami Gange mission, only 10 out of 100 new sewage projects completed

MGNREGA's performance unsatisfactory in drought-stricken districts in 2018-19

Water level in India’s major reservoirs and river basins in a precarious state: CWC

Ganga laden with high proportion of antibacterial agents: Study

NGT seeks report on constitution of Biodiversity Management Committees

India is the largest user of groundwater in the world. It uses an estimated 230 km3 of groundwater per year, which is over a quarter of the global total. About 85 percent of rural drinking water needs, 65 percent of irrigation needs and 50 percent of urban drinking water and industrial needs are fulfilled with groundwater.

India, the second largest population in the world, is facing a water crisis with over 600 million people facing acute water shortage, as per a report by Niti Aayog, the government think-tank. India’s water crisis is expected to worsen, threatening the country’s food security as over 80 percent of our water is used in agriculture.

CWC data shows water storage in major river basins depleting

Study reveals that nearly 42 percent of India’s land area is facing drought