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<loc>https://www.indiawaterportal.org/groundwater/chasing-aquifers-from-the-sky-heliborne-surveys-are-mapping-indias-hidden-water-reserves</loc>
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<image:caption>Time Domain Electromagnetics (TDEM): The Physics and Efficiency of Helicopter Groundwater Mapping (Image: CGWB)</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Central Ground Water Board teamed up with the National Geophysical Research Institute to execute its first major airborne TDEM survey</image:caption>
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<image:caption>A decade of heliborne campaigns, from the 2013–14 pilot studies to the approximately 1 lakh square km survey of north west India in 2021–22. </image:caption>
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<news:title>Chasing aquifers from the sky: Heliborne surveys are mapping India's hidden water reserves </news:title>
<news:keywords>Heliborne surveys, TDEM technology, Groundwater mapping, India water crisis, Aquifer management, Airborne geophysics, Central Ground Water Board (CGWB), Paleochannels, Subsurface hydrology, Artificial recharge</news:keywords>
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<loc>https://www.indiawaterportal.org/groundwater/can-grid-connected-solar-irrigation-pumps-help-reduce-groundwater-use-in-gujarat</loc>
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<image:caption>Irrigation in a farm  (Image: Asadwarraich, Wikimedia Commons; CC BY-SA 4.0)</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-08-14T11:00:59.130Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Can grid-connected solar irrigation pumps help reduce groundwater use in Gujarat?</news:title>
<news:keywords>solar irrigation, groundwater, Gujarat, Anand, Botad, agriculture, aquifers, rainfall, electricity, PM-Kusum programme, Suryashakti Kisan Yojana , canal irrigation, irrigation, water markets, solar incentives, irrigation technologies</news:keywords>
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