Tanks battle polluted groundwater in Haryana

Category : Water Pollution | Location : Haryana  | Posted on 2025-04-04 06:34:16

Ikbal Khan, 60, speaks in Hindi accented with a strong, rough Mewati accent. He recalls a time, over 25 years ago, when women from his village of Ghaghas would fetch drinking water from a well on the outskirts of the village. As the groundwater diminished, borewells were sunk. “But over the past four to five years, the groundwater has turned salty,” he says. People in Nuh district in Haryana began constructing kundas, underground water tanks, some with government support.

Source: https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/haryana/tanks-battle-polluted-groundwater/article69409464.ece