Explained: Why Punjab’s groundwater might run dry by 2039 | Explained News, The Indian Express

Explained: Why Punjab’s groundwater might run dry by 2039 | Explained News, The Indian Express

Written by Kanchan Vasdev |Chandigarh |Updated: June 22, 2019 12:42:45 pm

Explained: Why Punjab’s groundwater might run dry by 2039

According to the state’s own report on the underground water situation, there is over-exploitation of groundwater to meet the agriculture requirements of the state.

As per a government report, groundwater resources are likely to be used up by the year 2039. (Express Photo/Jaipal Singh/File)

After ushering in the era of the Green Revolution and filling granaries of the Union government by over-exploiting its water for irrigation, Punjab is faced with the challenge of saving its underground water aquifers.