India’s groundwater

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

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

Groundwater storage in Ganga; The groundwater storage level in the Ganges basin has been declining by 2.6 cm per year. Its effect

In the second most populous country in the world, home to 16% of the world’s population, more than 6% of its people lack access to safe drinking water. India has only 4% of the world’s freshwater resources.