Noida groundwater falling 1 metre a year

The groundwater level in Noida is falling alarmingly by a metre every year, says a recently released report by the ministry of water resources, a consequence of the city’s breakneck pace of urbanization that now threatens to derail it.

The groundwater level, according to the report that was published this July, has surpassed the “critical level” and is now “overexploited”, which means the city could face a serious water shortage in the years to come unless its groundwater is adequately recharged.