India, March 19 -- Bengaluru's water woes and rapidly-depleting groundwater reserves led to it getting an abysmal 200thrank

It is no surprise that Karnataka's capital Bengaluru - high on the list of India's water-stressed districts - is a cause of concern for the Union government's Jal Shakti Abhiyaan (JSA) initiative.

The initiative addresses the water and irrigation needs of 255 water-stressed districts across the country.

Bengaluru received an abysmal 200 th rank in terms of water conservation work done under JSA, with a score of a mere 11 percentage.

Despite laws in place since 2008 that mandate construction of rainwater harvesting structures in all public spaces and residence buildings - including those for the treatment and reus...