Question

explain the decline of tanks in our times

Answer 1

.The tanks were usually built by building a strong wall of stones and mud across a small stream in such a way that with a wall on just one side a large lake could be formed.  Look at the picture below:

                The tanks were sometimes built by a king, sometimes by a military leader or nayaka or often by the people of the village themselves.  Usually every village preserved the memory of those who were responsible for building the tank through stories or temples or festivals.  In building the tank, everyone in the village contributed for expenses and labour.  All people of the village together maintained the tank by repairing the tank bund (wall) or removing silt from the tank bed.  They also took care so that no one dirtied or stopped the water which flowed into the tank.  They also appointed a person to regulate the use of the water from the tank.

Answer 2

The reasons for the deterioration in tanks is due to groundwater exploitation, progress in individual pits and pumps in tank management area, the collapse of village organizations, poor preservation, and the Green Revolution.

Tank irrigation has declined over the times because of depression in the farming output. The opinions may be assigned to poor climatic conditions, absence of sufficient water management methods, shortage of community help to sustain tanks. For instance“Mission Kakatiya” which was started to recover this extinct chain of tanks.