A growing city’s indiscriminate exploitation of groundwater resource has resulted in the water table continuing to drop drastically in most parts of Hyderabad.
Latest data shows the fast depletion of the groundwater levels in the city with one has to dig deep till to almost 22 metres to strike water at Marredpally and almost 19 metres in areas such as Tirumalgiri and Ameerpet.
Despite the summer rains that kept company with the city, most areas registered a further drop in the groundwater table with the level dropping by 2.65 metre at Marredpally in just one month between April and May.
Tirumalagiri in Secunderabad also observed groundwater depletion with the piezometer recorded 1.36 meters below the groundwater level. The latest groundwater table statement shows groundwater depletion between 0.05 meters and up to 2.65 meters below the ground level (BGL).
Similar depletion was also observed in other key areas of the city, including Khairatabad, Ameerpet, Asifnagar, Bandlaguda, Bahadurpura, Charminar, Saidabad, Amberpet, Musheerabad, and Secunderabad.
The data reveal that the cumulative rainfall between April 1, 2025, and April 26, 2025, was 1,099.6 mm against the normal rainfall of 828.4 mm, with a deviation of 33%. Agreeing with the huge depletion of the groundwater table in the city, a senior Ground Water Department, Hyderabad official told media reporter, “Though unseasonal rains occurred, there is no significant rise in groundwater. According to reports from across the city, the groundwater dipped more than 50% this year.”