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<p style="text-align:justify">The Election Commission has announced the dates for Assembly elections in five states of the country including Punjab. The atmosphere regarding the Assembly elections is getting more and more dramatic every day. As in many previous Assembly elections, promises, claims and new promises are being made and repeated by the various political parties to win the polls.</p>

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Punjab Assembly Elections 2022: Ignoring the groundwater depletion problem -Gian Singh

-Down to Earth Blaming farmers alone won’t work; prices for crops other than paddy must be remunerative The Election Commission has announced the dates for Assembly elections in five states of the country including Punjab. The atmosphere regarding the Assembly elections is getting more and more dramatic every day. As in many previous Assembly elections, promises, claims and new promises are being made and repeated by the various political parties to win the polls. In fact, most of the claims are hollow and the new promises being made do not go beyond raising false hopes. Often, the different political parties participating in the Assembly elections promise petty concessions to different groups of people. But none of them gives any roadmap to mobilise the necessary resources to fulfill even these petty promises. The worst aspect in this regard is the neglect of many important issues of Punjab, including groundwater depletion. Groundwater depletion in Punjab has been a growing concern. The groundwater level in most parts of the state has fallen to dangerous levels. Some people blame this on farmers’ self-indulgence for monetary gains. Paddy cultivation in the state is the fundamental cause of this problem. But farmers are the victims of the problem, not offenders. The use of groundwater for irrigation in agriculture is one of the most important factors responsible for groundwater depletion. A research study in 2003 by me, Surender Singh and Harvinder Singh titled Groundwater Development in Punjab revealed that the groundwater used for growing crops in Punjab exceeds its available quantity each year and there is a strong correlation between crop combinations and groundwater balance. Please click here to read more.