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In core Bengaluru, borewells have dried up due to ground water level dipping drastically. TimesView We knew we’d some day pay the price for indiscriminate drilling of borewells in Bengaluru, but went ahead blithely anyway. Kengeri division has the highest number of BBMP borewells (423) while Yelahanaka has 319.The groundwater table is plummeting across the city and people are drilling deeper than 1,500ft in core Bengaluru. Around Rs 150 crore has been earmarked to cope with water scarcity , he said.BBMP has dug up 1,286 borewells in 35 wards of outer Bengaluru. BENGALURU: Bengalureans may face the toughest-ever summer this year, at least on the water front: around 618 borewells dug by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) in core areas have dried up over the last four years..