Jagran correspondent, New Delhi. Amidst the falling groundwater level across the country, positive results of increasing groundwater level have emerged in the national capital Delhi. Studies at 14 locations in Lutyens' Delhi have revealed rising groundwater levels.
After the report of the Central Ground Water Board, the long closed borewell in Lutyens' Delhi will be started. So that the groundwater does not increase more than the prescribed amount. According to NDMC, the groundwater level has been found to be three to four feet below in many places while in other areas of Delhi it is 40-50 feet. In fact, NDMC had written a letter to the Central Ground Water Board asking for suggestions to solve the problems of waterlogging in the NDMC area regarding the rising ground water level in New Delhi. Due to increase in groundwater level, the problem of seepage is increasing.
At the same time, due to high groundwater level, multi-storey buildings are also at risk. In such a situation, the board has given green signal to NDMC to operate 57 borewells out of 124 closed borewells. After this, now New Delhi District Administration has also given permission to start 20 borewells.
The Central Ground Water Board had conducted the survey for 45 days.
According to NDMC, the Central Ground Water Board conducted a survey for 45 days at 14 places. Where at many places the groundwater level was found to be higher than the prescribed standard. In a similar study earlier, the groundwater level in the NDMC area near Purana Qila had come down by four feet. After which NDMC started irrigating the parks by installing borewells there.
According to NDMC, the 14 places surveyed by the Central Ground Water Board include two parts of Agrasen Ki Baoli, Birla Temple, Hummayun Tomb, three parts of Lodhi Guard, Mahavir Vanasthali, Nehru Park, Safdarjung Tomb, Shantipath, two parts of Shramshakti Bhawan and Sundar Nursery. According to the report, Buddha Jayanti Park has 5 MBGL (meters below ground), Pragati Maidan has 91 MBGL. The MBGL is up to 74 MBGL at Lodhi Garden and 16 MBGL at Rashtrapati Bhavan. The norms say that if groundwater is more than 10 MBGL, water can be extracted using borewells.
The report is positive for us. With the opening of our borewells, we will be able to arrange water for irrigation of the parks.
Kuljeet Chahal, NDMC Vice President