Table 6.3
(continued)
States/Union Territories
Total no. of Assessed Unit
Safe
Semicritical
Critical
Overexploited
Saline
Nos.
%
Nos.
%
Nos.
%
Nos.
%
Nos.
%
Tamil Nadu
1166
427
36.6
163
14.0
79
6.8
462
39.6
35
3.0
Telangana
584
278
47.6
169
28.9
67
11.5
70
12.0
0
0.0
Tripura
59
59
100.0
0
0.0
0
0.0
0
0.0
0
0.0
Uttar Pradesh
830
540
65.1
151
18.2
48
5.8
91
11.0
0
0.0
Uttarakhand
18
13
72.2
5
27.8
0
0.0
0
0.0
0
0.0
West Bengal
a
268
191
71.3
76
28.4
1
0.4
0
0.0
0
0.0
Andaman and Nicobar
36
35
97.2
0
0.0
0
0.0
0
0.0
1
2.8
Chandigarh
1
0
0.0
1
100.0
0
0.0
0
0.0
0
0.0
Dadra and Nagar Haveli
1
1
100.0
0
0.0
0
0.0
0
0.0
0
0.0
Daman and Diu
2
1
50.0
0
0.0
1
50.0
0
0.0
0
0.0
Lakshdweep
9
6
66.7
3
33.3
0
0.0
0
0.0
0
0.0
Puducherry
4
2
50.0
0
0.0
0
0.0
1
25.0
1
25.0
Grand total
6881
4310
62.6
972
14.1
313
4.5
1186
17.2
100
1.5
Source: CGWB (2019a, b)
a
The Ground Water resources assessment as on 2013 has been considered for the state of West Bengal
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