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Sprawling over Punjab, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Assam and parts of Rajasthan, this province has the richest underground water resource. About 44 per cent of the Indian underground water resource is found in this province. Thousands of tube-wells have been installed in the Northern Plains of India to utilise this resource for irrigation, domestic, and industrial purposes.