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Soak pits to address drinking water problem in villages
Thanks to the foresight of the district administration and interest shown by the people, especially in the rural areas, who took part in digging the soak pits pits and ground water re-charge trenches, across the district last year. These trenches have been reaping fruits as they help to solve the drinking water problems during this hot summer.
Mahbubnagar: Thanks to the foresight of the district administration and interest shown by the people, especially in the rural areas, who took part in digging the soak pits pits and ground water re-charge trenches, across the district last year. These trenches have been reaping fruits as they help to solve the drinking water problems during this hot summer.
“Last year , we faced drinking water scarcity problem severely as most of the bore wells in our village dried up. The situation this year has improved as we had built soak pits at every house hold in our village.
We don't have water problem this year. All credit goes to the government officials who have created awareness and helped in the construction of soak pits ,” says Balashivudu of Baswaipally village of Devarkadra mandal in Mahbubnagar district.
Filling up of more than 700 lakes and tanks with lift irrigation water and the construction of soak pits on a mammoth scale have helped for the restoration of ground water levels . “Last summer witnessed severe scarcity of drinking water.
Soak pits programme initiated with the support of State Government and the district administration have helped in the recharging of ground water tables in the villages,'' said Laxma, Deputy Director of Geology and ground water resources in Mahbubnagar.
According to officials from District Water Management Agency (DWMA), almost 80-90 per cent of villages and urban areas across the district have constructed soak pits.
After successful implementation of Soak Pit construction programme, the ground water levels were increased considerably and water is available at just 10-15 metres as against normal depth of 20-25 metres. All this is possible only because of the soak pit programme which has made every drop count.
Among the successful villages which have constructed 100 percent soak pits in the district include Baswaipally in Devarkadra mandal where almost all the 300 households have constructed soak pits. “All households in our villages have built soak pits and now our bore wells are working well ” said Parijayam of Baswaipally.
Same is the case with Kamsanipally under Damargidda mandal under Narayanpeta division where all the 700 households with a population of 2200 have joined together and constructed 100 percent soak pits.
“At every house hold we have dug up 4X4 feet pits filled it up with granite gravel stones, sand and gravel in layers,” says Gurnath Reddy of Kamsanpally.
