2018/06/24 India
HYDERABAD: Strange as it may sound, the continuous irrigation of agricultural and horticultural crops along the banks of the highly polluted Musi river is leading to the contamination of the city’s aquifers. Scientists from several international research institutions, including the city-based National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI), found that the precious aquifers of Hyderabad undergoing deteriorating, year after year, as farmers increasingly depend on waste water of the Musi for cultivation.
Source: The Times of India