Need of Groundwater Management in Tannery Belt: A Scenario about Dindigul Town, Tamil Nadu

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  • N. C. Mondal
     NGRI Hyderabad
  • V. P. Singh
     TAMU, Texas

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Volume 76, Issue 3, September 2010

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2010-09-01

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Mondal, N. C., & Singh, V. P. (2010). Need of Groundwater Management in Tannery Belt: A Scenario about Dindigul Town, Tamil Nadu. Journal of Geological Society of India, 76(3), 303–309. Retrieved from http://www.geosocindia.com/index.php/jgsi/article/view/58636

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