City aquifers certified ‘safe’ but govt has no data on massively illegal groundwater extraction | Mumbai News
MUMBAI: A curious case of alleged “unscientific” certification has muddied the city’s groundwater scenario.The Groundwater Surveys and Development Agency (GSDA) has come under sharp scrutiny as official records have revealed a major contradiction — even as the authorities classify Mumbai’s aquifers under the ‘Safe’ category, they admit they do not possess data on commercial groundwater…