According to the most recent monthly data from the Telangana State Ground Water Level Scenario Note and Statement Report for the month of September-2022, groundwater exploitation in Telangana has dropped from 50 percent to 42 percent.
The safe category covers up to 83 percent of the state’s mandals. Groundwater resources that can be extracted annually total 19,251 million cubic meters (mcm), with 8009 mcm of groundwater actually extracted for all uses each year.
Overall, groundwater extraction has decreased by 29% since the state’s founding. According to the Telangana Ground Water Department, groundwater quality has improved due to a significant decrease in total dissolved solids, fluoride, and nitrate levels.
Thirty-one districts received excess rainfall (20 percent to 84 percent), including Suryapet, Sangareddy, Hyderabad, Warangal, Vikarabad, Kamareddy, Hanumakonda, Medak, Nagarkurnool, Mahabubabad, Wanaparthy, Jogulamba(Gadwal), Yadadri, Bhadradri, Adilabad, Medchal, Jangaon, Rangareddy, Mancherial, Mahabubnagar, Peddapally, Siddipet, Sircilla, Mulugu, Narayanpet, Kumuram Bheem, Bhupalpally, Karimnagar, Nirmal, Nizamabad and Jagityal districts received and remaining two districts received average rainfall i.e., Khammam (10 percent) and Nalgonda (18 percent).
The department created an online application for permissions for new borewells for a variety of purposes under ease of doing business (EODB) through the TS-i-PASS website (http://ipass.telangana.gov.in) with the assistance of the Commissioner of Industries and the Commissioner of Rural Development Department.
Following the formation of Telangana state, the state’s average groundwater levels are examined in relation to rainfall. Pre-monsoon groundwater levels in the state typically range from 13.27 m bgl in 2015 to 9.01 m bgl in 2022, implying a 4.26 m increase over the previous seven years.
Established wells are used twice a year, in the pre-monsoon season (May) and the post-monsoon season (September), to assess groundwater quality for its suitability for drinking and irrigation (November).
Among other programs, the department is conducting a variety of investigations for the Bhoopampini, Girivikasam, WALTA surveys, Jal Shakti Abhiyan, sand mining, and lift irrigation schemes. Irrigation of 6,615 hectares of land has been achieved through the installation of bore wells or tube wells at approximately 2,885 sites.
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