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Siddipet: Following the request of the farmers from Siddipet district, the Telangana government has decided to release Godavari water from Mallanna Sagar into the Kudavelly stream for the benefit of the farmers. Since the stream went dry due to prolonged dry-spell which also resulted in depletion of groundwater, the farmers, who had cultivated Yasangi crops, […]

Hyderabad: Hyderabad topped the list in utilizing ground water to a large extent followed by Rajanna Sircilla and Jangaon districts in 2019-20, according to ground water resource estimations carried out jointly by the State Groundwater Department and Central Ground Water Board. Apart from Hyderabad, Rajanna Sircilla and Jangaon districts, Ranga Reddy, Mahabubnagar and Nizamabad were […]

Hyderabad: Telangana registered an increase in water table by more than four meters in the last six years yielding approximately 400 TMC of additional groundwater recharge and decrease in groundwater draft by about 15 per cent compared to previous assessment, said Special Chief Secretary, Irrigation and Command Area Development, Rajat Kumar on Tuesday. Presently, about […]

Rise from 5.67 metres below ground level in July 2020 to 4.16 mbgl in July 2021, showing a 1.51 metre increase

Integrated water resource management and policy regulatory mechanisms with differential entitlements and pricing will help

The State Ground Water Department monitored water levels through 966 monitoring stations covering all mandals from 33 districts of Telangana State.

The Groundwater Department monitored these water levels during September with the help of 963 Piezometers (monitoring stations) covering 589 mandals from 33 districts.