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Farmers should recharge existing borewells alternatively than drill caller ones erstwhile h2o runs dry, said N.J. Devaraj Reddy, a hydrogeologist and borewell recharge expert, connected Sunday (May 17).
Mr. Reddy was astatine Seege village, adjacent Hassan, to oversee the recharging of borewells connected a backstage farm, wherever helium spoke to mediapersons astir the request to alteration farmers’ attack to groundwater management. “Farmers thin to drill a caller borewell the infinitesimal an existing 1 runs dry. That is not the solution. There are effectual methods to recharge existing borewells and gully capable h2o for cultivation use,” helium said.
He was overseeing the recharging of 3 borewells that had gone dry, contempt being located adjacent to the Seege tank. “The beingness of a ample vessel adjacent is nary warrant of capable water. Even borewells drilled wrong a vessel furniture tin tally dry. Recharging is, therefore, essential,” helium said.
Explaining his recharging method, Mr. Reddy said an 8ft x 8ft x 8ft pit indispensable beryllium dug astir the borewell and filled with boulders and gravel, with the aboveground covered by a prime mesh. Holes should besides beryllium drilled on the casing tube and covered with mesh to guarantee lone filtered h2o enters. Rainwater collected from the surrounding country is past channelled into this pit.
“By blimpish estimates, astir 40 lakh litres of rainwater are collected per acre of onshore annually successful a emblematic village, based connected mean rainfall. All of that h2o tin beryllium directed underground done this method. It recharges the borewell, raises the h2o table, and improves h2o quality,” helium said. In caller days, radical person been facing the shortage of drinking h2o successful galore places, including the Malnad region. One of the steps to tackle the occupation would beryllium to recharge the existing borewell, helium added.
