PROJECT - Agriculture Through New Pipe Tab System
Water is considered as the most critical resource for sustainable development in India. It is essential not only for agriculture,
industry and economic growth, but it is also the most important component of the environment, with significant impact on health and
nature conservation.
ion.
Over exploitation of ground waters, falling water tables, pollution of water even at those depths are some of the issues that have been
worrying experts and environmentalists for nearly two decades. Of course the governments have been making laws to prevent this and also
to improve situation. However experts say not only the laws are not properly implemented, still worse the violations are ignored for
various reasons.
The depletion of ground water is happening everywhere in the region. Due to deviation in rain fall and shortsightedness of government
officials over maintaining surface water at natural water bodies, the situation of ground water level worsening year by year.
KADAPA DISTRICT
The district’s average ground water level in March 2013 is at about 17.08 m bgl,
which is minus 4.37 m comparatively to March 2012. Comparing to May last year it
was minus 1.55 m, because the situation had become worse within two months in
2012. The average GWL in Kadapa district was 12.71 m bgl in March 2012 but
dipped to 15.53 m by May 2012, which is 2.82 m depletion in just two months.
In April 2013 the average GWL was 18.69, which is further depletion of 1.73 m
bgl just within one month. In March 2013, the GWL was 17.08m, but went to
18.69m. If it is the district’s average data, anyone can imagine the depletion
at specific places.
According to the 2011 census Kadapa district has a population of 2,884,524. The
district had a number of natural and human-made water bodies locally known as
Cheruvus, Kuntas etc.
These water bodies acted as water storage reservoirs for irrigation, drinking
and groundwater recharge, and have been an inalienable part of the ecology of
the city and its surroundings. Gradually, while some lakes were encroached and
replaced by concrete buildings, several others got severely polluted with the
domestic and industrial effluents.
With lesser availability of safe supplied water, in Kadapa District, as in many
urban areas, poor communities tend to depend more on groundwater. Many landless
agricultural laborers and marginal farmers have started migrating to cities to
find employment.
agriculture through new pipe tab system
Farms and nurseries face the problem of shortage of water in agriculture every
day. With very low capital costs, the water tabs system is easy to install at
multiple irrigation sites. Water Tabs makes agriculture possible in areas
previously unsuitable for intensive crop production. Irrigation transports water
to crops to increase yield, keep crops cool under excessive heat conditions and
prevent freezing.
The need to water tabs is usually driven by the necessity to meet the water
needs of the crop from year to year. Some areas of the country simply receive
too little rainfall during the growing season to support economical crop growth.
In other situations, water tab system is viewed as insurance against occasional
drought. In areas where rainfall is plentiful in most years, irrigation can
bring benefits by reducing risk, meaning that a farmer is better able to control
income fluctuation.
benefits
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