Alarm bells are ringing in the city not regarding the deadly virus swine flu but the dipping ground water levels. Making matters worse, people will now have to bear for a torrid summer. Recently Telangana Ground Water Department (TGWD) released annual report, indicates that the water levels in Hyderabad have plummeted by 2.52 metres last year.
The average levels in 2014 were at 9.46 metres Below Ground Level (BGL) while in 2013 they were at 6.94 metres. “Barring Asifnagar, Serilingampally and Bhadurpura mandals, water levels dropped throughout the city,” points out G Sambaiah, director, TGWD. All the mandals in Ranga Reddy have recorded a fall in the water levels and the average levels in 2014 were 12.74 metres as against 8.62 metres the year period, which translates into a 4.12 metres fall.
“The primary explanation behind this can be credited to shortfall precipitation all through the season. We had a poor Mansoon and till December 2014, the shortage was just about 59 every penny. Separated from that, the levels are dropping because of misuse of groundwater. Unlawful bore wells are sucking out the ground water”.
While Bhahadurpura registered a marginal rise in water levels by 0.60 metres, the levels in Nampally dipped by 8.77 metres. In Ranga Reddy district, water levels in Tandur mandal rose by 0.55 metres while that of Bantawaram dropped by 18.87 metres.
according to sources, supply of water this summer will going to have an impact on TS people.