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Morbi well’s rippling water traced to groundwater recharge, officials say
Water in an 18-foot-deep farm well in Morbi, Gujarat, has been rippling and overflowing intermittently for five days, drawing hundreds of villagers and passers-by. The well, built about three months ago in…
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Water in an 18-foot-deep farm well in Morbi, Gujarat, has been rippling and overflowing intermittently for five days, drawing hundreds of villagers and passers-by. The well, built about three months ago in Veerparda village, first showed the movement on August 2. It stopped briefly on Tuesday before returning the next day.
District geologist J S Vadher told India Today that heavy rainfall, groundwater recharge and trapped air were the likely causes, not seismic activity. Officials also consulted the Institute of Seismological Research and found no active fault or earthquake link. The district administration has ordered a detailed inspection by a groundwater team from Gandhinagar, with a final explanation expected after that assessment.
The Indian Opinion
The supernatural and earthquake theories circulating around the well are easy to understand, given Morbi’s seismic history, but neither has evidence behind it. Officials have offered a plausible explanation involving recharge, trapped air and possibly roadside wind, while admitting that the final report is pending. The sensible test is simple: whether the groundwater team can link the movement to rainfall, underground pressure and wind with measurements from the site.
Sources (3): indiatoday.in, news.abplive.com, indiatvnews.com
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Updated: this story now draws on 3 sources.
