Question

describe bamboo drip irrigation in 200 words

Answer 1

In Meghalaya (one of the seven northeastern states in India), an ingenious system of tapping of stream and springwater by using bamboo pipes to irrigate plantations is widely prevalent. It is so perfected that about 18-20 litres of water entering the bamboo pipe system per minute gets transported over several hundred metres and finally gets reduced to 20-80 drops per minute at the site of the plant. The tribal farmers of Khasi and Jaintia hills use the 200-year-old system.

The bamboo drip irrigation system is normally used to irrigate the betel leaf or black pepper crops planted in arecanut orchards or in mixed orchards. Bamboo pipes are used to divert perennial springs on the hilltops to the lower reaches by gravity. The channel sections, made of bamboo, divert and convey water to the plot site where it is distributed without leakage into branches, again made and laid out with different forms of bamboo pipes. Manipulating the intake pipe positions also controls the flow of water into the lateral pipes. Reduced channel sections and diversion units are used at the last stage of water application. The last channel section enables the water to be dropped near the roots of the plant.

Answer 2

bamboo drip irrigation is a method to get water .It was used by cutting it half in two long parts and it is first founded at Tamil Nadu.From mountains to the home. It is used at the place where is shortage of water. It is very difficult to make.The water from this comes drop by drop within 2 hours in 1 - 2km long distance.By this method water would be collected drop by drop in very large amount minimum 10000 ltrs