North India Vs South India
North India major groundwater depletion hotspot with 95% of country's loss
North India accounts for 95 per cent of the country's groundwater depletion, according to a study which found that rainfall increase in the future will be insufficient to fully recover the already depleted resources. The researchers at Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IIT-GN) also found that groundwater depletion in India will continue until excessive pumping is limited, leading to water sustainability issues in the future. Nonrenewable (unsustainable) pumping has the dominant influence on groundwater storage, causing the water table to drop, they said. "Limiting tube well depth and including extraction costs is beneficial to prevent overexploitation of deep aquifers," said Vimal Mishra, Professor, Civil Engineering and Earth Sciences, IIT Gandhinagar. "Limiting global mean temperature rise within 2 degrees Celsius can benefit groundwater storage in North India," Mishra told PTI. The study, published recently in the journal One Earth, analysed data from the Central ...
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The duality of India
The relative calm in southern states, while the north of the country sees frequent protests should be a cause for concern
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North and south India are growing apart and it could be a problem
Even more disruptive is the fact that north and south have diverged economically and demographically
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