Thiruvananthapuram: When a group of rice farmers in Chanthavila run out of water sources one by one, they can easily release agriculture.
Instead they are in the process of reviving the water body to ensure that they have ready water sources.
As part of reviving the rice fields, Amballoor Padasekhara Samithi and Kazhakootam Krishi Bhavan revived the pool called ‘Kottayath Pond’ which will supply water into the Kottayathu field which is part of the Amballoor field.
The pool is 150 meters from the field.
To supply water efficiently, the channel is made to transport water from the pool to the field.
Land preparation, revival pools and working channels have been completed and farmers are now ready to sow the seeds after ten days.
The work was carried out by 20 workers from the National Rural Employment Scheme under the leadership of Amballoor Padasekhara Samithi and Paada SamraKshana Samithi.alon with Rice Varieties ‘Jyothi’, Samithi Padasekhara has also decided to grow gram black and gram green by dividing a gram of 50 cents from the ground .
The Kottayath pool has been abandoned for several years and is filled with algae and protection walls also damaged.
According to officials, these works can be completed in ten days.
“The area has been left barren for more than 25 years.
Because of illegal land conversion, water sources are also destroyed.
So we have to find other water sources,” Deepa S, Agricultural Officer.
“During the summer, the water level always decreases.
The decision to Reviving the pool was taken to manage the scarcity of water in the area.
Before three years, there were only 12 hectares of rice and now Amballoor only had more than 40 hectares of rice cultivation, “said an official from Kazhakootam Krishi Bhavan.” The area was once known as rice cultivation And most of the area is flattened.
For other purposes.
We began to take our fields in the past five years.
The number of farmers and fields also increased.
At first, the number of farmers was six years old and now 30, “said Shahjahan A, Ambaloor member Padasekhara Samithi.
Water scarcity leads the way for the revival of a pond for agriculture
