I have wondered for a long time why ground water issue was not discussed any where. This is a very serious matter and must be addressed before it causes more damages. Without knowing the consequences, people dig a birewell indiscrimantely. Government has to regulate it and provide alternative source such as by building canals and joining rivers.
谢卡瓦特周五对《印度时报》表示，由于这些地区每年抽取的地下水超过了每年补充的水量，现在是采取多种措施来改善“需求方”管理的时候了，而不是仅仅管理水资源的“供给方”。
译文来源：三泰虎 译者：Jessica.Wu
印度时报读者的评论：
过去几十年由于过度开采而造成的地下水问题不可能在几年内解决。西方的用水方式不适合人口众多、水资源稀缺的国家。
Mujeer4 hours ago
Stop giving subsidy on water and electricity to farmers. Stop buying Basmati rice in Punjab and Haryana if you are serious
We have enough water coming in all the time from rain which we can store and we have ultimate source sea water desalination for all coastal towns.
一个月前，几乎天天下雨，降雨量过剩的一年。
High time to recharge Indian peninsula for the future
With annual extraction of groundwater in these units exceeding annual replenishment, Shekhawat told TOI on Friday that it was time to improve ‘demand side’ management by taking multiple measures instead of only managing ‘supply side’ of water resources.
DilipVictoria6 hours ago
Ashok KumarCalgary5 hours ago
降雨量大，我们可以储存雨水。还可以淡化海水，供应所有沿海城镇。
Why we are allowing water to get to sea which is already having level to drown few cities near sea. ries and water reserve which can help in eliminating difficulties in time of no rain
Patriot6 hours ago
停止对农民的水电补贴。
rajneesh_oshoLocation5 hours ago
Sambappa Kalvala5 hours ago
Then do something about it!!!! instead of Mandir Masjid issue, politicians dramas conserve precious water, methods to utilize them.
Useless go nment just make a speach, did something to save the same. No.
新德里：印度近22%的地下水已经干涸或处于“危险”或“过度开发”之列，水利部长加金德拉·辛格·谢卡瓦特表示，他强调应该关注水资源的有效利用,
是的，这是一个真正的问题，我们应多加关注。
除非完全禁止施肥，回到传统的自然耕作，否则水的消耗、浪费和短缺是不可避免的。
没用的，政府只发表声明，不采取实际行动
The highest number of water stressed blockswere in Tamil Nadu (541) followed by Rajasthan (218), Uttar Pradesh (139), Telangana (137), Punjab (111) and Haryana (81).
外文：https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com
自取灭亡-对地下水过度开发的漠视导致了地下水枯竭!!
是时候为印度半岛的未来蓄水了
为什么我们要让水流入大海，海水已经淹没了一些沿海城市。
“Agriculture sector consumes nearly 89% of available water resources in India. We really need to help farmers and create awareness among them so that they can move towards water use efficiency measures such as drip and sprinkler irrigation,” he said.
very dangerous situation ,,,preventive messure to be taken soon ,,,
关于地下水的开发利用和补给应予以立法
这位部长只是在发表声明。他可以采取实际行动，，连接河流蓄水，优先建立雨水收集系统，中央政府可以为此拨款
他表示：“农业部门消耗了印度近89%的可用水资源。我们应提高农民的意识，这样他们就会采取节水措施，比如滴灌和喷灌。”
Self-suicide - insentivising farming leadibg to ground water exploitation leading to ground water depletion and finally death of farmjng !!
Ananthagopal KpBangalore6 hours ago