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VRISHABHAVATHI RIVER BASIN GROUNDWATER STATUS

Updated 15 Sept 2022

Central ground water board  (CGWB) assesses the stage of groundwater development/extraction by taluks and classifies it as Safe, Semi-Critical, Critical and Overexploited (OE). 

Administratively, Bengaluru North, Bengaluru south and Anekal taluks are in Bengaluru District, while Ramnagara and Kanakapura Taluks are in Ramnagara District. The river basin spread across 5 taluks is completely overexploited, as shown in the image.

 

 

  1. http://cgwb.gov.in/CGWA/List-Notified-Areas.html
  2. http://cgwb.gov.in/District_Profile/karnataka/BANGALORE_RURAL.pdf
  3. http://cgwb.gov.in/District_Profile/karnataka/BANGALORE_URBAN_BROCHURE.pdf
  4. http://cgwb.gov.in/District_Profile/karnataka/2012/Ramanagaram-2012.pdf
  5. http://cgwb.gov.in/District_Profile/karnataka/2012/BANGALORE_URBAN-2012.pdf
  6. http://cgwb.gov.in/District_Profile/karnataka/2012/BANGALORE_RURAL-2012.pdf
  7. http://cgwb.gov.in/GW-Assessment/Categorization%20of%20AU.pdf
  8. http://cgwb.gov.in/GW-Assessment/2021-08-02-GWRA-2020-BLOCKWISE%20MASTERSHEET.pdf
  9. http://cgwb.gov.in/CGWA/List-Notified-Areas.html

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