Rajasthan’s groundwater crisis has deepened into a structural emergency, with more than 70% of the state’s assessed groundwater units now classified as overexploited despite one of the wettest monsoons in recent years.The Central Ground Water Board’s Annual Report for 2024–25, based on data from June 2024 to March 2025, shows that 214 of Rajasthan’s 302…
In several parts of Rajasthan, what flows from handpumps and borewells is raising new concerns. Recent findings from the Annual Ground Water Quality Report, released in Jan 2026, show that uranium levels in groundwater in multiple districts are well above safe limits, putting drinking water quality under scrutiny in the state’s dry regions.The numbers are…
Jaipur/Jaisalmer: Unseasonal rainfall, accompanied by strong winds and sporadic hailstorms, has caused widespread damage to Rabi crops across Rajasthan, leaving farmers staring at heavy losses. Key crops such as wheat, barley, cumin and isabgol have been severely affected in several districts, including Sikar, Jhunjhunu, Alwar, Bhilwara, Ajmer, Jaisalmer and Barmer.In response, the state agriculture department…
Jaisalmer: Rajasthan is set to begin transitioning Great Indian Bustard (GIB) chicks bred in captivity to their natural living conditions via India’s first rewilding tunnel at Ramdevra in Jaisalmer.Chicks at GIB breeding and hatchery centres in Sudasari and Ramdevra are to be moved soon into the tunnel-like rewilding enclosure, where they would be trained to…
Jaipur: Two owners of an IT company were allegedly kidnapped by a group of masked men in the city Thursday evening and released after an 11-hour ordeal, during which the abductors demanded a Rs 1 crore ransom. The two businessmen, residents of Jagatpura who run an IT firm near Mansarovar, were freed early Friday morning…
