ChandigarhHaryana pumps 136.75% of what its aquifers recharge yearly.
India’s 2025 assessment ranks it third-worst after Punjab (156%) and Rajasthan (147%); free farm power and guaranteed paddy prices drive the draw.
88 of 143 Haryana blocks are over-exploited; deeper wells there risk arsenic and fluoride as the water table falls.
Sources: Hindustan Times