The Delhi government has given approval to the artificial recharge of groundwater in the city. The irrigation department will implement nine different works in the different parts of the city to improve the water table. The government has also approved a Rs 110-crore proposal for the improvement of drainage in the city. "The sub-soil of water table in Delhi is depleting continuously due to exploitation of ground water by the industrialists and the cultivators by using deep tubewells. To cope up with the problem of fast depletion of groundwater specially in the south, northwest and southwest zones, construction of artificial recharge wells will be taken up," said an official. He added that on the advice of the Central Groundwater Board, the water bodies in various villages in south, northwest and southwest districts will be taken up for the construction of the artificial recharge well, so that the rain water after attaining certain pondage level can percolate through these recharges and raise the groundwater table. The techniques to be adopted will ensure that the percolation takes place fast, he added. The government plans to spend Rs 3 crores for the purpose. Further, the flood and irrigation department has approved proposals related to the improvement of the drainage system in the city. Delhi development minister Raj Kumar Chouhan informed that 40 proposals for the augmentation of various drains, at the cost of Rs 110 crores, has been given the approval. Mr Chouhan informed that the drainage will be augmented in a way that the people do not throw garbage in them, which eventually flows into the Yamuna. The government will soon start working on the master plan for the drainage, once the DDA finalises the zonal plans for the city.