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Panjab has ~13 Years Before it's Groundwater Aquifers Completely Dry Up
- Extraction is ~160% greater than natural replenishment
- MSP is given to extremely water intensive rice crops
- Pumping water deeper and deeper results in heavy metal contamination (cause of rising Infertility)
- Electricity for pumping water is free
- ~75% of Panjab's river water is diverted to other states
- Many farmers barely or don't break even at all (especially when considering recent oil prices, repeated flooding, drought, etc.)
u/Waterbottlekidz — 3 days ago