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Karnataka bans new borewell drilling in Bengaluru due to low groundwater levels
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2/26/2025
The Karnataka government has banned new borewell drilling in Bengaluru due to alarmingly low groundwater levels.
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It is only in fact February and you are already seeing summers kicking off in Bengaluru with
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temperatures going up and so there is a water crisis that is playing out in the city.
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Now bore wells have been banned in Bengaluru.
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The government has banned any new bore well drilling in the city.
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This because the ground water levels are at an alarming low level and so Bengaluru could
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face a severe water crisis in the months to come.
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Already it's an alarming low level and the worst of summer hasn't even hit yet.
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Sagaraj is joining us with more details on this.
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Sagar it's the same story every single year in Bengaluru of a water crisis come summer.
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In February we're already talking about the ground water reaching alarmingly low levels.
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Absolutely keeping the peak summer in the mind the Karnataka government has passed an
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order banning the bore well drilling across the city.
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Remember last year people have faced water scarcity especially when there were increasing
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tanker supply water across the city.
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Now as a precautionary measures Karnataka government have taken a decision and banned
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the drilling of a bore well site which will also lead for more water shortage.
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Keeping ground water in the mind and usage of the water during the summer the Karnataka
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government have taken this particular decision.
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Okay Sagar just stay with me even as we're talking about this water crisis in Bengaluru
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there's more breaking news coming in.
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Now it seems because of government negligence in Karnataka Krishna river water has flown
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into Telangana instead of helping farmers in Karnataka 1.24 DMC of Krishna water has
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been diverted to Telangana and it's led to outrage in Karnataka considering that it's
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going to be a harsh summer already we're talking about a water crisis not just in Bengaluru
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but in the entire state and there are questions about whether the congress government is prioritizing
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Telangana where remember the congress is in power there too.
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Farmers in places like Yadgira and Raichur are up in arms.
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Sagar is joining us with more details on this.
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Sagar was this intentional by the Sidramaya government?
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Well the water resource minister D.K.
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Shukumar has given a clarification that he has signed the papers and they have released
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only 1 DMC of water to Telangana and this particular decision was taken keeping the
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water requirements in Raichur, Yadgiri and Ballari districts where Krishna river is a
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main water source for all these people and in fact the BJP has warned saying that if
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they don't stop water flow to Telangana they have to siege the water resource department
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and they have also alleged that there was no any kind of orders it was just a verbal
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instruction oral instruction which was being given to the officers to release the water
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and they have released overnight the water to Telangana and they have also alleged that
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they didn't release the water with the during the daytime they have released in the night
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since the farmers will not get to know that the water has been released.
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Now they had protested in front of the DC office in Yadgiri, Raichur and Ballari and
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now they claim that the government is doing this just because there is Telangana there
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is a congress government in Telangana but the water resource minister DK Shukumar has
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categorically mentioned that you have to help Maharashtra, Maharashtra has to help Karnataka
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likewise Telangana should help us and we should help them then it is the sharing of water
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between these inter states which helps them in the future and he has also said that keeping
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the water requirement in the state especially in these districts Yadgiri, Raichur and Ballari
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has released only one TNC of water and it is not going to hamper the requirement of
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water in the state of Karnataka and he has made it clear that he has signed the paper
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and he is the one who passed the order to release the water to Telangana.
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All right Sagar thanks very much for joining us with those details.
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