India’s response ... supplies. The surface water is too polluted or limited. But Delhi is sinking. Too many wells, too much water extracted. What water there is left underground is increasingly ...

BENGALURU: With the city and its adjoining areas reeling under acute water shortage ... has left the city's surface ...

The rapid draining of India's aquifers over the past six years ... But most of this rainfall occurs during the summer months, and surface water sources are often ephemeral the rest of the year.

Deforestation exacerbates the issue by diminishing the land’s capacity to absorb water, leading to increased ... resulting in greater surface runoff. Additionally, inadequate or poorly ...