Wednesday, 14 October 2020

Jal Shakti ministry’s groundwater guideline shuns opportunity to address overall crisis

Complex groundwater systems cannot be controlled or predicted, but need to be better managed and made more efficient 

The Central Ground Water Authority’s (GGWA) latest guideline — banning the grant of no-objection certificates (NoC) for extracting groundwater to all new industries coming up in ‘over-exploited’ areas — is yet another duplication of previous failed policy regulations.

By implication, the new regulatory policy is not pretentious about looking at the problem in totality while targeting a small, insignificant section of the overall groundwater users (existing industries, proposed industries, urban housing societies and mining projects).

According to the guideline, dated September 24, 2020, NoCs in ‘over-exploited’ areas will only be granted to micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME).[Readmore]

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