There is a direct relation between groundwater level and pumping rate.
If an amount of water is pumped out in less time, it causes more declination of groundwater level.
Higher per day abstraction to meet the irrigation water requirements due to climate change during the peak dry season may cause further declination of groundwater level. As water level declines, the rate of water the well can yield also declines.
Consequently, more energy will be required to sustain the yield of groundwater for sufficient irrigation.
Therefore, higher rate of groundwater abstraction will certainly aggravate the situation of declining groundwater trend in the area.
It may also cause an increase in production cost of rice and might hamper the government policy of poverty alleviation through irrigated agriculture.