Friday, 05 January 2024 | PNS | DEHRADUN
In latest news from Uttarakhand, S M Sehgal Foundation- an NGO engaged in strengthening community-led development initiatives to achieve positive social, economic and environmental change across rural India-claimed to have revitalised agricultural activities in three villages- Bajrikot, Chakuni Bora and Kaligaon-in Champawat district-the smallest district of Uttarakhand- by introducing and implementing solar energy-driven irrigation system in 2022-23. According to the release sent out by the NGO, the sad plight of the farmers- mostly engaged in subsistence farming-grappling with grim water scarcity during the arid months prompted them to take the initiative aimed at providing the villagers with enough water for irrigation and to help them meet their drinking water needs. The release further states that solar-based irrigation system operating on climate-smart technologies now benefits 47 households in these villages. This innovative solution has empowered farmers to anticipate and withstand the impacts of climate change, proving to be a highly successful intervention that has significantly increased cropping intensity and elevating the farmers’ livelihoods, resilience and adaptive capacities, the release adds.
