write about Wells, bore Wells, tanks, and soils in salakamcheruvu
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Explanation:
After crossing several hills and rocky
stretches we finally reached
Salakamcheruvu, 30km North-East of
Anantapur in Singanamala mandal. It is
named after a tank called Salakamcheruvu.
The tank is so located that rain water from
the high hills to its West, North and South
flow into it. This tank today is dry. The
villagers told us that it has been dry for the
last twenty years.
Soils
The fields are
located on both low
slopes of the hills and
on the flat ground
below. As a result a lot
of stones roll down
into the fields. The
soils are red and only
about two to three
feet deep. These soil shave little humus or
nutrients, have little capacity
to hold water, and lack
sufficient depth for roots to
grow and spread. As a result,
many fields need to be left
fallow or uncultivated for
some years after a crop.
While tanks store the rain water that flow
on the surface of the land, wells help us to
use the water that seeps down beneath the
soil. It is very difficult to dig wells in the
plateau because of rocks underneath. Even
after the rocks are broken, and the well is
dug, there may be little or no water. Due to
low rainfall, the underground water level
is very deep. Once the water in the well is
used for irrigation in the fields, it takes at
least two days for the water to be
replenished in the well..
Wells, bore Wells
In recent years open wells are not used
for irrigation and the farmers instead
depend upon borewells. You have read
about such wells in the plains village.
However, it is very expensive to dig
borewells in the plateau. In Salakamcheruvu
water is found below 250 feet. Farmers have
been spending huge amounts of money in
the hope of finding good source of water.
They dig deeper and deeper every year upto
a thousand feet or more. Farmers dig
several bores to see who is lucky. Very few
farmers can afford to invest so much
money. Only 5-10 farmers who have more
land have borewells.The rest of the farmers
depend on rainfall only. While the bore
wells are on the increase, the cheruvus and
tanks have been geting dry due to poor
maintenance. The tanks are used by all
people and animals of the village while the
bores are used by one or two farmers only