With the monsoon playing a truant and water levels plummeting in various pockets of the state, Andhra Pradesh seems to be heading towards an impending water crisis. 

 

AP State Development Planning Society (APSDPS) in its recent report indicated that the groundwater table in around 284 wells (25 per cent of the sample size), which were used to keep a tab on the groundwater levels across the state, had gone down to 20 metres or more, posing a serious question over the availability of water resources in the coming days. 

 

The percentage of wells with deep water levels is more in the districts of Chittoor (52 per cent), Kadapa (52 per cent) and Anantapur (46 per cent), followed by West Godava-ri (32 per cent), Prakasam (30 per cent) and Kurnool (20 per cent). 

 

While the other districts are reeling from lowering water levels, surprisingly in most parts of Srikakulam, Visakhapatnam and Vizianagaram districts, the water levels are in the 3 to 8 metre range..............Read more

 

Source web page: Deccan Chronicle