Jaipurs 99% irrigated land of 2.80 lakh hectares uses groundwater for Irrigation while the remaining 1% uses surface water, leading to gross over-exploitation of groundwater (GW) reserves.
The Central Groundwater Board Report 2022 (November) says that of the districts 15 blocks, Govindgarh has the lions share with 40,000 hectares irrigated using groundwater. Blocks likeJhotwaraand Sanganer lead in using groundwater for industrial purposes.
The report says in 2021, the district recorded a deficit of 918 million cubic metres of groundwater, mainly due to over-exploitation for irrigation purposes.
The report points out that the imbalance in groundwater is gradually pushing the water table deeper. The analysis of the decadal water level trend (2011-2020) indicates that the overall trend in the district is decline at an Average rate of 0.50 metres per year.