BHUBANESWAR: The surface water is going down with rising temperature and perhaps with an ever-increasing population. The depleting ground water table in many areas is found with a 12-25 feet fall in water level in wells. Sample this: Many wells in Jagamohan Nagar where a water table of 25 feet was noticed in 1992 has come down to 12 feet and many have started drying up and as noticed by a local resident, a fall of 1-ft-a-year is the norm of the day. But with a manifold increase in housing projects, what is the state of rainwater harvesting structures and what about its monitoring by the planning authorities? Prof GK Panda of PG department of Geography in Utkal University feels with