Question

Q2. How did the spread of electricity help farmers in Palampur?

Answer 1

The spread of electricity help the farmers of Palampur in a number of ways:

1. It helps the farmers of Palampur to irrigate their lands a far better ways. Formerly they used to irrigate their lands with the help of the Persian wheels , but it was a slow process and was not so effective . But now with the help of electricity they could irrigate much larger areas of land and that too quite quickly and effectively .

2.Due to better irrigation facilities as a result of the use of electricity they could grow crops all the year round .

3.They had no more to depend on monsoon rains which were often uncertain and eratic.

Answer 2

In palampur, most of the houses have electric connections. Electricity powers all the tubewells in the fields and is used in various types of small business