The Atal Bhujal Yojana, launched in 2019, addresses India's groundwater crisis by encouraging community-driven water management and sustainable farming practices.

Bengaluru faces a severe water crisis due to excessive groundwater extraction through borewells, with demand far outstripping natural recharge. However, despite depleting resources, authorities plan to drill more borewells.

Cases of villages that have been officially certified as having 100% coverage of functional tap connections, having only pipes, no taps, and often no actual supply of water have been rampant, according to The Hindu.

A report projects an increase in drought conditions in some parts of Madhya Pradesh (parts of Morena, Sheopur, Tikamgarh, Shivpuri, Gwalior, and Datia districts) towards mid-century and end-century.

Numerous regions worldwide are witnessing a swift decline in underground water reserves, which billions of people depend on for drinking.

Climate change & population growth leads to increased water resource demand causes land subsidence. Global study published in Nature Communications tracks groundwater loss from over-extraction now at the rate of 17 cubes km/year.

Groundwater pollution in southwestern Punjab, India is causing toxic elements like uranium, arsenic, and manganese to contaminate the water.

A few years ago, different parts of United States, such as the Bighorn Mountains of Wyoming in 2015, witnessed appearance of large cracks

Climate change could lead to increased demand for water in agriculture, which may force Indian farmers to use more groundwater for irrigation. This could worsen the already critical groundwater depletion problem in India, a hotspot for groundwater loss.

The overexploitation of groundwater is causing alarming consequences, including land subsidence and declining groundwater levels in Delhi.