Hyderabad, April 28 -- A one-day regional workshop on "Standardization of Ground Water Drilling Data and Institutionalization of Drilling as a National Hydrogeological Asset and Data Generation" was held at the Southern Region office of the Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) here on Tuesday .
Organised under the Ministry of Jal Shakti, the workshop brought together senior officials from CGWB headquarters, board members, regional directors, and representatives from State Ground Water Departments of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala.
Officials from Jal Jeevan Mission, PHED, irrigation and agriculture departments, along with technical experts and private drilling stakeholders, also participated.
The workshop focuse...