Country is facing major drought like situation. In Marathwada, the crisis is so deep, government is sending water in train wagons. 5 lakh liters of water is hardly sufficient to meet demand for 1 crore liters. Anyway, people have started hunting for water from deeper wells. Police protection, curfew etc have been imposed to stop riots on account of water.
Due to climate change we frequently hear this term drought, floods and extreme variation in everything. AMD (metrological dept) has predicted more than average monsoon this year. Hope it will not bring floods.
Meanwhile down south at my farm, the situation is much better. Water, however is going down day by day. We need 5000 liters of water to run the farm / day. We get around 2000 liters through windpump. Amidst hot Sun, the wind is blowing only in mornings and evenings, typical of any summer.
Subbu is hoping for one rain atleast. He says that will solve many problems. But sky is blue. When I seek good news, he will give bad. and when I loose hope, he will give shockingly good news. That is Subbu with alternating emoticons.
Fish pond is having 3 to 4 feet of water only. I asked how are they doing. Subbu was sad. He said they have not grown at all for the amount of care he and Kandan had taken. He says he followed every damn advice of fisheries. But fish has grown only 3 finger width. Can't be sold. Can't be eaten. He was sad.
I told if more fish is concentrated on less water, with no fresh water being added, they will suffocate for lack of oxygen. Asked him to take a hard call. "Distribute them to other places, sell or eat them leaving a few tens behind"....... But Subbu wants to wait (for that one rain).
The temporary lady staff have been inducted again with some regular work. each are paid around 120 per day to water. They have been given new plastic pots to carry water and pour on coconut and other trees. It makes sense to give them work as otherwise their own farms are dry.
He was happy to announce that the cuddapah stones for the seating arrangement have come. Earlier foundation structure using bricks were made ready. They are looking good. But still stones are not mounted on the brick platforms as their edges are very sharp. The stones been delivered to Paramu's (Carpenter) house (about 3 Kms away) for smoothening the edges. I am told he has angle grinder with him. Electricity supply is not there in the farm to do this work.
He also mentioned the work on Nursery skeletal structure using available pipes is completed. Earlier I had suggested to dismantle the nursery built with casurina sticks. That is to be replaced with the 1.25" pipes that we have in stock. These pipes were earlier used in borewell under windpump to pump water. That was replaced with 2" pipe in due course.
He said the total size of skeletal structure is 20 feet x 10 feet. height is 8 feet. That is two pipes on front and back. one pipe each on either side. one at the centre. Total 13 pipes. The required angles were already brought by him. he also said they are not concreting the pillar pipes. But just hardening the hole with mortar. This is to ensure we can more or remove them in future. May be he is sick and tired of working with cement, and gravel. Once completed, a new green shade net will be purchased from Tirunelveli town.
I am restless to see these two structure finish. I advised Subbu that we should finish any work that we undertake. Good or bad, just see the end. I am getting a feeling of late we are not completing anything to its logical end.
Due to climate change we frequently hear this term drought, floods and extreme variation in everything. AMD (metrological dept) has predicted more than average monsoon this year. Hope it will not bring floods.Meanwhile down south at my farm, the situation is much better. Water, however is going down day by day. We need 5000 liters of water to run the farm / day. We get around 2000 liters through windpump. Amidst hot Sun, the wind is blowing only in mornings and evenings, typical of any summer.
Subbu is hoping for one rain atleast. He says that will solve many problems. But sky is blue. When I seek good news, he will give bad. and when I loose hope, he will give shockingly good news. That is Subbu with alternating emoticons.
Fish pond is having 3 to 4 feet of water only. I asked how are they doing. Subbu was sad. He said they have not grown at all for the amount of care he and Kandan had taken. He says he followed every damn advice of fisheries. But fish has grown only 3 finger width. Can't be sold. Can't be eaten. He was sad.
The temporary lady staff have been inducted again with some regular work. each are paid around 120 per day to water. They have been given new plastic pots to carry water and pour on coconut and other trees. It makes sense to give them work as otherwise their own farms are dry.
He was happy to announce that the cuddapah stones for the seating arrangement have come. Earlier foundation structure using bricks were made ready. They are looking good. But still stones are not mounted on the brick platforms as their edges are very sharp. The stones been delivered to Paramu's (Carpenter) house (about 3 Kms away) for smoothening the edges. I am told he has angle grinder with him. Electricity supply is not there in the farm to do this work.
He also mentioned the work on Nursery skeletal structure using available pipes is completed. Earlier I had suggested to dismantle the nursery built with casurina sticks. That is to be replaced with the 1.25" pipes that we have in stock. These pipes were earlier used in borewell under windpump to pump water. That was replaced with 2" pipe in due course.
He said the total size of skeletal structure is 20 feet x 10 feet. height is 8 feet. That is two pipes on front and back. one pipe each on either side. one at the centre. Total 13 pipes. The required angles were already brought by him. he also said they are not concreting the pillar pipes. But just hardening the hole with mortar. This is to ensure we can more or remove them in future. May be he is sick and tired of working with cement, and gravel. Once completed, a new green shade net will be purchased from Tirunelveli town.
I am restless to see these two structure finish. I advised Subbu that we should finish any work that we undertake. Good or bad, just see the end. I am getting a feeling of late we are not completing anything to its logical end.
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