Question

How are tubewells useful for farmers

Answer 1

•Tube well irrigation comes under lift irrigation. Tube well is a small diameter hole drilled in the subsoil formation.

• The Green Revolution expanded through it in other areas of the Country.

• The farmers became more self-dependent. The compulsion of dependence on the government system for canal irrigation got minimized.

• Decrease in expenditure for irrigation.

• Decrease in wastage of water.

• The problem of deposition of slat and sand ended which was the main problem of the canal irrigation.