No water in Hyderabad by 2020- a report

You heard it right. NITI Aayog, the policy commission of India has warned that Hyderabad might run out of it’s ground water by 2020. And Hyderabad is not the only city to face the situation. 21 cities including Delhi, Bengaluru and Chennai are on the brink of water shortage. Moreover, it fears that the present ground water is highly contaminated due to excessive usage. It further classified Andhra Pradesh as High performer and Telangana as Low performer on the basis of steps taken to preserve groundwater levels. It would be interesting to hear the response of Telangana government as it speaks highly of the measures taken by the administration to improve water supply for irrigation and drinking.