K.S. Takshi, chief engineer of the Punjab Irrigation Department, told Circle of Blue that the region’s receding groundwater supplies are the result of farmers consuming water at a faster rate than what can be refilled. He added that recharging groundwater reservoirs is getting more difficult in a region that is adding more people and more pavement. “We’ve had large-scale urbanization,” Takshi says. “We’re making a concrete jungle and not allowing the water to percolate.” (Image © J. Carl Ganter / Circle of Blue)