Take Steps To Recharge Depleting Groundwater Level: Uma Bharti

Union minister for water resources, river development and Ganga rejuvenation and senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Uma Bharti asked the Punjab government to take immediate steps to recharge the depleting groundwater level in the state before the situation turns critical in the coming years. She said the state was facing impending threat of water scarcity. “This is the land of five rivers, but there has been an alarming decrease in the water resources here,” said Bharti. The minister was in Ludhiana to take part in the regional convention of water user associations’ presidents held at PAU. Farmers should adopt latest irrigation techniques to increase production by using less water, Bharti said. “If the state government sends a proposal, the Centre will help it,” she said.