New Delhi, August 30: With several parts of the country already reeling under drought, there is more bad news.
Scientists in United States have found that groundwater levels in north Indian cities, including Delhi, are declining as much as one foot per year over the past decade.
Concerned over this trend, the scientists said this was due to “human activity” and warned that if measures were not taken, the region could witness collapse of agriculture output and severe shortage of potable water.
The scientists, with the help of NASA satellite data, have found that ground levels in northern India have been declining by as much as 33 centimeters (one foot) per year over the past decade, according to an article in NASA website.
And the “researchers concluded that loss is almost entirely due to human activity”.
–PTI