‘Jalyukta Shivar’ sprouts hope among farmers in Vidarbha
By Kartik Lokhande
“The
day rainwater got arrested at the weir... It was a day of joy for
entire village. The location of the reservoir has become a spot to sit
and relax for villagers. It is also a location, the sight of which
boosts confidence of farmers,” says an enthusiastic Abhay Dhokne, a
farmer from village Madni (Amgaon) in Seloo tehsil of Wardha district.
Neither
is Dhokne the only farmer with such a positive reaction, nor is Madni
(Amgaon) the only village where positive result of a well-planned
ambitious initiative ‘Jalyukta Shivar Abhiyan’ of Maharashtra Government
is visible. The wonderful initiative ‘Jalyukta Shivar Abhiyan’ has
arrested rainwater, percolated joy among villagers, and has also sowed
seeds of confidence among farmers across Maharashtra.
Dhokne, who
tills 8 acres of land, takes various crops including sugarcane and
soyabean. The nullah, where the weir has been built now, has been a
source of water for farmers in the area. A couple of years ago, with the
help of Agriculture Department and a NGO, the villagers took up the
task of deepening and straightening of nullah, but it did not have much
impact as rainwater did not stay.
Just raising the height of the ceiling of weir across Landgi nullah has worked wonders, and the site has become a sort of picnic spot for villagers of Gondi-Digras in Katol tehsil. |
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