Answer:
Nowadays
groundwater is highly overused because of many reasons
(i)
Groundwater is a fresh water source and can be used for drinking purpose. It is
actually over exploited in urban areas for domestic use and drinking purpose.
(ii)
Groundwater is extensively used for irrigation purpose, especially in North
India. Here, most farmers have their own wells and tubewells in their farms for
irrigation to increase their produce.
(iii)
Post-independent India winessed intensive industrialization and urbanization.
Both these factors have made the matter worse by exerting pressure on existing
freshwater resources.
(iv)
After toxication and pollution of rivers and many lakes by the increasing industrialization,
groundwater becomes practically only source of freshwater used directly without
treatment. Over exploitation and mismanagement of water resource may lead to
ecological crisis which has an immense impact on our life. (5)
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