There was a rule that borewells shouldn't be dug beyond 25 metres, but now they are being drilled as deep as 2,000 feet ...

BENGALURU: Alarmed by the drilling of a borewell next to a public one that catered to hundreds of people in Ambedkar Nagar in Whitefield, residents united to put an end to the drilling process.

BENGALURU: Amidst the water crisis in the city, the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) stayed the drilling of 20 illegal borewells and has directed engineers to take action.

Seems like news of ban on drilling new borewells has not reached loud and clear in Whitefield Less than a week ago, the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) imposed a ban on the ...

Bengaluru has officially stopped granting permissions for drilling borewells due to the rapidly depleting groundwater levels, as reported by The Times of India. The Bangalore Water Supply and ...

Indore: The Indore district administration on Thursday declared the entire Indore district, including the city, as a water ...

Bengaluru: Amid Bengaluru’s worsening groundwater crisis and a red alert from IISc scientists, the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) has prohibited borewell drilling in the city.

Bengaluru's BWSSB has banned borewell drilling due to the drastic fall in groundwater levels and an IISc red alert. Although Cauvery water will now supply areas, exceptions for government agencies ...

Concerned about the rising instances of illegal borewell drilling, Whitefield residents are urging the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) and the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board ...