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Bhopal District Declared “Water-Scarce Zone” to Curb Groundwater Depletion

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Bhopal, March 13 (IANS) In a proactive measure to combat rapidly declining groundwater levels, Bhopal Collector Kaushalendra Vikram Singh has declared the entire district a “water-scarce zone” and imposed an immediate ban on the digging of new private tube wells (borewells). The order, issued under the provisions of the ‘Madhya Pradesh Drinking Water Protection Act, 1986’, prohibits unauthorised drilling of borewells across urban and rural areas of Bhopal district. The administration has war…