Government constructing 5 lakh farming pools across country

The government is constructing five lakh ‘khet talab’ (farming pools) across the country, as per information provided by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This step has been taken as the water table is dropping substantially in some parts of the country.

The Prime Minister has even urged people to resort to water conservation methods like creating small reservoirs. The Minister has also asked the farming community to use less fertilizers and more modern technology, like the Farmers’ App, for their benefit.

There has been a substantial drop in the ground water table in western Maharashtra, triggering a law and order problem. The water table level has dropped to 1 metre in about 540 villages across 13 talukas in Pune district in Maharashtra, according to the Groundwater Surveys and Development Agency (GSDA).