Groundwater abuse takes toll on Barind
"I felt helpless," Matiur, a Roads and Highways Department driver, said. Experts have observed people in the region are struggling to get drinking water while many paddy farmers are either diversifying to less water-intensive crops or converting their croplands to ponds and brick kilns. The region is characterised by decreasing rainfall and depleting groundwater levels, mostly extracted for paddy farming, rice mill operations, and other industrial purposes. "The situation is worsening as some people are withdrawing everyone's share of the groundwater," said a prominent hydrologist, Prof...
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