Forest dept to gauge stage of groundwater in Delhi’s Asola park | Newest Information Delhi

Delhi’s forest and wildlife division will quickly launch a three-year examine to evaluate the doable improve within the groundwater desk on the Asola Bhati Wildlife Sanctuary –the results of a number of water conservation measures adopted since 2020–officials stated on Wednesday.

They stated the examine will assess the change within the groundwater desk each pre- and post-monsoon.

Over the past two years, over 150 examine dams have been constructed and 4 pure water our bodies (round half-acre every) have been created by diverting seasonal run-off water throughout the sanctuary, officers stated.

“We need to assess the affect of the water conservation measures and can quickly start learning the doable change within the water desk. For this, we want a baseline to which we will examine the change in water stage annually. We’ll assess the extent earlier than and after the monsoon,” stated a senior forest official.

In accordance with the Central Floor Water Board (CGWB), components of south and southwest Delhi are probably the most impacted by groundwater extraction and are “over-exploited” – that means extra groundwater is extracted than it’s recharged. CGWB information from 2019-20 exhibits the common readings for Asola by means of Might to January had been between 51 and 52 meters beneath floor stage (mbgl), whereas on the Bhatti mines, the readings had been between 53 and 54 mbgl. The typical readings for the south district had been the worst for all of Delhi, with the groundwater desk recorded at a mean depth of 34.2 mbgl.

Sohail Madan, heart supervisor, Bombay Pure Historical past Society (BNHS) stated they’re establishing 50 extra dams within the space, which may even enable water to build up and act as watering holes for the wildlife contained in the sanctuary.

“The examine dams are being created after figuring out the stream of seasonal water. We’ve additionally diverted a few of this water to create 4 water our bodies. We created bio-dams by planting native shrubs and grasses, which make sure the run-off water slows down and there may be water retention,” he stated, including there was a visual improve within the wildlife contained in the sanctuary publish adoption of those conservation measures.

Delhi’s lieutenant governor (LG) VK Saxena visited the Asola Bhatti mine space on June 1, directing officers to reinforce the water desk recharge within the space by linking the deep pits of the mines with localities close by that incessantly face waterlogging issues. He stated doing so will assist develop these pits as pure water our bodies, which might additionally function watering holes for the fauna within the space, apart from recharging the groundwater desk.