With groundwater levels depleting at an alarming rate, the issue needs to be looked into, say the city's water activists.
Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) has planned to develop rainwater harvesting pits across the city's parks in a bid to replenish groundwater. According to water activists in the city, there has been a drastic depletion of groundwater levels over the past decade. Earlier, groundwater levels used to hover at around 50 feet to 80 feet. These days, it was only after a depth of 150 feet that groundwater is found.
The activists said groundwater extraction had never been a problem, but with an alarming drop of the water levels, the problem needs to be looked into.
According to officials, GDA has about 150 parks that are maintained by the Authority’s horticulture department. All of these parks will be equipped with rainwater harvesting systems in the coming days.
Officials of the horticulture department of GDA said in the initial phase, these systems are being set up in City Park, parks of the Madhuban Bapudham project, Green Park in Indirapuram, and in the parks of Sector 23, Raj Nagar.
