Project Name : Jal Amrit Bana Mrit Jal, Aao de – Amrit ko Navjeevan!
Theme Name : Agriculture and Food Security
Water logging has swallowed large chunks of fertile agricultural and in Punjab: Almost 27 lake hectares of area is water logged and hence is of no use. Kind of loss it has caused in terms of money, productivity, economic stability is huge to farmers and as well as to the state. The water from the water logged fields is being drained out into the Slam wallah which was constructed by government but this process is very slow and also unable to collect subsurface water. In order to enhance the drainage and to collect the subsurface water, we have proposed a strategy to save the land from getting water logged.
Our Strategy: We are using sub surface drainage pipes with numerous holes on the top wall placed at a depth of almost 4 feet and interlined gaps of 45 feet. The outlet of these pipes opens into trenches which carry this water to same nallah. Hence, saving the useful cultivation zone from being water logged. Instead of disposing of this saline water, we can make it more
productive and valuable for crops.
Methods:
1. Chemical
2. Physical
3. Other innovative ideas
Chemical methods are expensive and hazardous. Other innovative ideas
include growing of halophytic plants like sea kale & sea asparagus or by opting for agriculture. But after going through the recent literature, we found that magnetic treatment of water is the best to increase water productivity of the crop.
Cost:
1. Subsurface drainage pipes would require an average of Rs. 50,000 per acre.
2. The magnetic treatment of water requires powerful magnets which can be installed in the already existing irrigation pipes at a cost of Rs. 1-1.5 lakhs and require no recurring expenses. One such system is enough for 25 acres of land.
Name of the School: LRS DAV Model School, Abohar, Punjab
