Agriculture wells turn lifeline in tribal areas in Adilabad's Kakarboddi

KAKARBODDI (ADILABAD):The agriculture wells have become a life saver for the people in the villages especially in tribal areas in the hot summer and in the wake of depleted groundwater table as they are only drinking water sources now quenching the thirst of the people. People are depending on the agriculture wells while majority of the borewells dried up and were defunct.

Even RWS is getting water from the agriculture wells and supplying to the people in some villages. There is a need to encourage agriculture wells on a big scale to retain the rainwater and use them during summer. The ITDA should encourage agriculture wells with the high success rate of the wells when compared to borewells and most of the Agriculture wells are quenching the thirst of the people in interior areas.

The water in wells is being used for many purposes including drinking and agriculture and for the cattle with the help of the motors. There is still water in the well in Pangidi village in Sirpur (U) even in the successive drought conditions and same with the well in Kakarboddi village in the same mandal.

Most of Kolam, Gond Adivasis and non-tribals of interior areas are collecting water in plastic and iron drums from the agriculture wells while borewells are serving no purpose. Sarpanch of Pangidi Atram Jalimsha said agriculture wells have become more useful than the borewells and observed that most of the borewells gone dry much before the onset of the summer.