Data for: GROUNDWATER AND SUSTAINABILITY: STUDY ON RAIPUR'S GROUNDWATER POLLUTION AND DEPLETION PROBLEM

The researcher has opted "empirical form of research for the survey of groundwater in Raipur (Chhattisgarh's capital). To this effect, the researcher has collected primary data by means of surveying various people belong to different age groups by questionnaire. Hence, the data assimilated is quantitative in nature". The researcher has used the capital city of Chhattisgarh, Raipur as her subject-matter of the research.
The research is exclusively focused on the residents of the "Raipur city, as the sample for study; the reason being the groundwater in Raipur city is degrading and depleting at a high pace, and the residents would be in a better position to provide the first-hand experience in things like, if they felt summer was hotter than recent years and if they were affected by any disease due to consumption of such water, etc.
Thus, the empirical method of research was adopted in order to understand the plight and to gather the opinion of the residents alongside their stance and attitude towards the protection of the environment. A well-tabulated questionnaire was circulated in order to conduct the survey".