Unutilized Potential of State Tubewells in U.P

Tubewells are destined to play a vital role in the development of agriculture in India. The recent experience has been that they are the most reliable source of irrigation during drought. For, all other sources, major or minor, are highly vulnerable to deficiency in rainfall. Furthermore, the future irrigation needs have perforce to be met increasingly from deep underground aquifers as the economical surface water resources have already been tapped substantially. The State has to play a major role in this exploitation, first in locating and mapping out underground water resources, and then making necessary investment in installation of tubewells, which is beyond the reach of majority of our farmers.