Delhi sinking fastest among Indian megacities due to ‘excessive groundwater withdrawal’
Published on: Nov. 4, 2025, 7:29 a.m. | Source: The Indian Express
Delhi is sinking faster than any other Indian megacity, recording the highest maximum rate of land subsidence and the largest number of buildings at high structural risk, a new study published in Nature, a multidisciplinary science journal, has revealed. Around 1.7 million people in the Capital, the researchers estimate, are exposed to land subsidence.
