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District Water Management Agency efforts pay off
The set target for digging up farm ponds in the district this summer is around 8,000. About 8,600 farm ponds are constructed so far and it is expected to construct around 15,000 farm ponds, nearly double the target, by July 15, informed the DWMA project director Y Shekhar Reddy.
Warangal: The outreach programmes by District Water Management Agency (DWMA) seem to have paid off, if the response of farmers in Warangal district to dig up farm ponds towards water conservation is any indication.
The set target for digging up farm ponds in the district this summer is around 8,000. About 8,600 farm ponds are constructed so far and it is expected to construct around 15,000 farm ponds, nearly double the target, by July 15, informed the DWMA project director Y Shekhar Reddy.
The response from the farmers is good to our efforts. In Fatehpur village of Station Ghanpur mandal, a total of 150 farm ponds have been constructed and in Chinapendyal village of the mandal so far 78 farm ponds are constructed in just 200 acres of land, where the total can reach up to 120,’ he said.
It happened due to extensive campaigning taken by DWMA for one month, from April 21 to May 25 across the district under the name ‘Jala Nidhi’. Sarpanches, MPTCs, ZPTCs and local MLAs are involved in the process of educating the villagers on the use of farm ponds.
A compact music disc with the title ‘Jala Nidhi’ has been brought out. A troupe of five artistes has visited nearly 961 villages where MNREGS works are implemented in the district conducting ‘Kala Jathas’ and meetings at gram panchayat offices.
It is a unique programme conducted only in Warangal district, Shekhar Reddy told The Hans India. The farm ponds are being constructed with four different dimensions engaging workers of MNREGS. The sizes range from 2X2, 4X4, 5.5X 5.5 and 8x8 pending on the availability of land at the agriculture field where the ponds are dug up.
According to groundwater department, the poor rainfall and over exploitation of groundwater, the water table has dropped to a record 10-year low in Warangal district.
As it is expected to receive good rains that in current monsoon the ponds in the fields can boost the water table, the official hoped.
Initially, we had doubts that allowing construction of farm ponds will occupy space in our agriculture field. But after learning its importance we agreed to construct the ponds,’ said a farmer, called M Srinivas of Fatehpur.
By:James Edwin
