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However, residents say that while the illegal building demolition enforcement action by BBMP at White Rose Layout is in progress, some developers have launched another illegal layout on an adjacent property, with access through White Rose Layout itself.
However, the four rural taluks fared better. Only one out of the four taluks (Anekal) recorded a drop of this magnitude in the water table. While the groundwater level in Hoskote has come up by 4 metre below ground level, in Doddaballapur and Devanahalli, the water table has improved by nearly 2 metre.
Locals allege the shortage is due to hundreds of illegal borewells that have mushroomed to sustain hundreds of commercial establishments. According to the Karnataka Groundwater Regulation Act, no person shall, without obtaining permission from the appropriate authority, sink a well for any purpose within the area of an over-exploited watershed.