KEONJHAR: Daitari Naik, a 70-year-old tribal guy of village Baitarani under Banspal block of Keonjhar district in Odisha, has carved out a few kilometre-long canal in a stream to irrigate his cultivated land.
Similar to Dashrath Manjhi of Bihar who's often known as the Mountain Man, who had carved canal to convey water to his village through breaking rocks, Daitari Naik carved a canal to convey water down for cultivation.
“We reside in the forest area and most commonly rely on cultivation as livelihood. Due to lack of irrigation facilities, shall we no longer domesticate properly. Hence we labored for years with different family members together to clear the rocks and bushes to make the water come down,” stated Daitari Naik.
When the district administration may just no longer take steps to offer irrigation facility in the hilly area, the tribal other people determined, on their own, to ensure water flows downstream to their cultivated land.
“Water scarcity in hilly area is acute. Hence we began paintings to ensure waft of water downstream for cultivation. Now we feel happy that shall we domesticate properly,” stated Mayadhar Naik, brother of Daitari.
Many villages in the forest-surrounded hilly area of tribal dominated Banspal, Telkoi, Harichandanpur blocks are dealing with water scarcity both for ingesting and irrigation function. They most commonly rely on rain water for cultivation and use dirty water from stream and pond for ingesting. Several test dams, which were constructed in several streams in those area, are dry. Like Daitari, a number of tribal men labored onerous to irrigate their cultivated land through carving out stone and bushes to convey water from the hill to downstream cultivated lands.
Sudhakar Behera, government engineer, minor irrigation, Keonjhar division, stated, “According to reviews, the man dug canal to convey the water from Karatakata Nallah to downstream to use for cultivation. We will discuss with the village and take essential steps to organize water for irrigation function.”
Similar to Dashrath Manjhi of Bihar who's often known as the Mountain Man, who had carved canal to convey water to his village through breaking rocks, Daitari Naik carved a canal to convey water down for cultivation.
“We reside in the forest area and most commonly rely on cultivation as livelihood. Due to lack of irrigation facilities, shall we no longer domesticate properly. Hence we labored for years with different family members together to clear the rocks and bushes to make the water come down,” stated Daitari Naik.
When the district administration may just no longer take steps to offer irrigation facility in the hilly area, the tribal other people determined, on their own, to ensure water flows downstream to their cultivated land.
“Water scarcity in hilly area is acute. Hence we began paintings to ensure waft of water downstream for cultivation. Now we feel happy that shall we domesticate properly,” stated Mayadhar Naik, brother of Daitari.
Many villages in the forest-surrounded hilly area of tribal dominated Banspal, Telkoi, Harichandanpur blocks are dealing with water scarcity both for ingesting and irrigation function. They most commonly rely on rain water for cultivation and use dirty water from stream and pond for ingesting. Several test dams, which were constructed in several streams in those area, are dry. Like Daitari, a number of tribal men labored onerous to irrigate their cultivated land through carving out stone and bushes to convey water from the hill to downstream cultivated lands.
Sudhakar Behera, government engineer, minor irrigation, Keonjhar division, stated, “According to reviews, the man dug canal to convey the water from Karatakata Nallah to downstream to use for cultivation. We will discuss with the village and take essential steps to organize water for irrigation function.”
Odisha's Manjhi: This man carves out kilometre-long canal to irrigate land
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