India Staring at Underground Water Crisis

61.4% decline.

Pre-monsoon water level data 2019 compared with the decadal average (2009-2018) water level.

S. No.
Name of State
No. of wells Analysed
Rise
Fall
Wells showing no change
No
%
No
%
No
%
1
Andhra Pradesh
714
194
27
518
73
2
0.3
2
Arunachal Pradesh
18
2
11
16
89
0
0.0
3
Assam
230
111
48
119
52
0
0.0
4
Bihar
619
195
32
419
68
5
0.8
5
Chandigarh
12
4
33
8
67
0
0.0
6
Chhattisgarh
602
237
39
352
58
13
2.2
7
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
18
2
11
16
89
0
0.0
8
Daman & Diu
11
7
64
4
36
0
0.0
9
Delhi
73
36
49
37
51
0
0.0
10
Goa
64
18
28
46
72
0
0.0
11
Gujarat
697
260
37
437
63
0
0.0
12
Haryana
279
94
34
184
66
1
0.4
13
Himachal Pradesh
101
81
80
20
20
0
0.0
14
Jammu & Kashmir
204
86
42
118
58
0
0.0
15
Jharkhand
271
103
38
168
62
0
0.0
16
Karnataka
1098
217
20
881
80
0
0.0
17
Kerala
1427
661
46
762
53
4
0.3
18
Madhya Pradesh
1319
647
49
672
51
0
0.0
19
Maharashtra
1645
401
24
1241
75
3
0.2
20
Meghalaya
53
39
74
14
26
0
0.0
21
Odhisha
1064
730
69
334
31
0
0.0
22
Pondicherry
6
0
0
6
100
0
0.0
23
Punjab
245
74
30
170
69
1
0.4
24
Rajasthan
893
301
34
588
66
4
0.4
25
Tamil Nadu
612
170
28
442
72
0
0.0
26
Telangana
557
188
34
366
66
3
0.5
27
Tripura
75
31
41
44
59
0
0.0
28
Uttar Pradesh
592
162
27
429
72
1
0.2
29
Uttarakhand
42
15
36
27
64
0
0.0
30
West Bengal
653
371
57
279
43
3
0.5
14194
5437
38.3
8717
61.4
40
0.3
(Ministry of Jal Shakti)

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