AHMEDABAD : Galodara village in Mehsana district had seven borewells dug on the stage of one,000 toes (about 304 metre) out of which five have already dried up. The water extracted from two last wells is brackish and now not suitable for farming.
Babubhai Thakor, a neighborhood farmer, says that to stop crop failure, they have began drawing from the native pond. “We keep in mind that the water used to be available on the stage of about 400 toes (121 metre) twenty years in the past. But we're to be blamed. The farmers misused the groundwater without any discretion when it used to be available in abundance,” he says.
In north and central Gujarat, farming is a difficult exercise with depleting water ranges that put a number of talukas in ‘seriously wired’ category when it comes to groundwater. The state of affairs is somewhat higher where the primary supply of irrigation water is either from canals or farm ponds.
“The villagers used to prevent at about 200 toes because of exhausting stone earlier. But with new drilling technology, other folks at the moment are going about 1,000-1,200 toes these days. The water, according to my opinion, isn't suitable for farming. As a end result, we see a upward push in use of fertilizers for the same yield, damaging fertile land. It is a vicious circle,” stated Nitin Patel, a farmer from Vadgam in Banaskantha district. Patel added that efforts have been initiated for past couple of seasons for higher water harvesting.
Karoda in Patan is also a village where the water table is below 1,000 toes. “We draw the water for farming however it is scalding hot. Even in winters, you can't contact the water with out letting it out for a while. The high quality of water has affected the crop — earlier we used to have a yield of about 1,200 kg of BT cotton from one bigha which has now got diminished to 500 kg. Overheads have also higher simply to verify higher water availability,” stated Lakshmanji Thakor, a farmer. Karoda has reported relief of 337 toes in water table over a length of 45 years according to the CGWB document.
The last year’s floods in north Gujarat proved a boon in cover for some parts of Banaskantha. Manabhai Jethabhai, a farmer from Rasana, stated that earlier the groundwater used to be available at about 800 toes via tube wells.
“But after the floods, we draw it from about 500 to 600 toes which is just right for consuming and farming. But we've learnt our lesson. Numerous farmers have adopted drip irrigation for most crops,” he stated.
Babubhai Thakor, a neighborhood farmer, says that to stop crop failure, they have began drawing from the native pond. “We keep in mind that the water used to be available on the stage of about 400 toes (121 metre) twenty years in the past. But we're to be blamed. The farmers misused the groundwater without any discretion when it used to be available in abundance,” he says.
In north and central Gujarat, farming is a difficult exercise with depleting water ranges that put a number of talukas in ‘seriously wired’ category when it comes to groundwater. The state of affairs is somewhat higher where the primary supply of irrigation water is either from canals or farm ponds.
“The villagers used to prevent at about 200 toes because of exhausting stone earlier. But with new drilling technology, other folks at the moment are going about 1,000-1,200 toes these days. The water, according to my opinion, isn't suitable for farming. As a end result, we see a upward push in use of fertilizers for the same yield, damaging fertile land. It is a vicious circle,” stated Nitin Patel, a farmer from Vadgam in Banaskantha district. Patel added that efforts have been initiated for past couple of seasons for higher water harvesting.
Karoda in Patan is also a village where the water table is below 1,000 toes. “We draw the water for farming however it is scalding hot. Even in winters, you can't contact the water with out letting it out for a while. The high quality of water has affected the crop — earlier we used to have a yield of about 1,200 kg of BT cotton from one bigha which has now got diminished to 500 kg. Overheads have also higher simply to verify higher water availability,” stated Lakshmanji Thakor, a farmer. Karoda has reported relief of 337 toes in water table over a length of 45 years according to the CGWB document.
The last year’s floods in north Gujarat proved a boon in cover for some parts of Banaskantha. Manabhai Jethabhai, a farmer from Rasana, stated that earlier the groundwater used to be available at about 800 toes via tube wells.
“But after the floods, we draw it from about 500 to 600 toes which is just right for consuming and farming. But we've learnt our lesson. Numerous farmers have adopted drip irrigation for most crops,” he stated.
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