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As per the groundwater assessment report, Punjab has annual extractable groundwater Resources<\/a> of 17.07 billion cubic metres (BCM). The recharge is 18.94BCM, while the extraction turned out to be 28.02 BCM. This is 165.99% of extractable resources. Also, 117 of the 153 (including three urban blocks) groundwater blocks were overexploited. This is 76.47% of total blocks.<\/p>\n

Of 28.02 BCM, 26.69 BCM is extracted for Irrigation<\/a> purpose. Domestic extraction was recorded at 1.17 BCM (4.18%) and extraction for Industrial Sector<\/a> was recorded at 0.16 BCM, which turns out to be a meagre 0.57% of the total extraction.<\/p>\n

In the entire country, extractable resources, as per 2022 report, have been assessed at 398.08 BCM and the extraction has been recorded at 239.16 BCM, while the recharge is 437.60 BCM. The extraction rate is 60.08%.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As per the groundwater assessment report, Punjab has annual extractable groundwater Resources of 17.07 billion cubic metres (BCM). The recharge is 18.94BCM, while the extraction turned out to be 28.02 BCM. This is 165.99% of extractable resources. Also, 117 of the 153 (including three urban blocks) groundwater blocks were overexploited. 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