Finally a second bore in the farm

The boring head in resting position

After weighing carefully the pros and cons, decided to go for 2nd Boring in the farm.  On my visit to the farm last week, this was executed.

Modern boring of 6" require two lorries. One supplies compressed air. The other is actually the boring machine.

By the way the farm is not that bad as my "madam" had pictured it.  It is starving for water, but vegetation and bio-diversity is at its best.  More on that later.

Now some note on boring.

Almost Done. Only outer to be fixed.

Boring completed. The man is attaching a short pipe above ground level
to the outer pipe.

The spot for boring was chosen only through pure guess work.  We did not employ any water prospector or surveyor.  Kandan felt water will be there in a particular corner based on his instinct. I also felt he must be right going by the geography.  Because this spot is in isometric level to another good open water well which is some 500 meters away.  The spot also is the lowest spot and bang middle and opposite of a bund that separates us and a rain water pond.  I guessed water must get accumulated underground from the nearby pond.

Our guess was not bad.  We hit water at 165 feet. Again at 190 feet and again at  above 250 feet.  Subbu became greedy and went upto 325 feet, whereas I had budgeted for 300 feet come what may.

The borewell will be called "Kandan Kinaru" in tribute to Kandan's accurate guess work.

The only downside is this one is not very far from the earlier one.  Having two borewells around 200 feet apart and still you have a corner of farm away from you is fine.

It costs around Rs. 60/- per feet. (one dollar).  Then you have "outer" PVC pipe of 20 feet that is required to dress the first 20 feet to keep the mud packed from falling inside.  So total should come around 26K. you settle only then lorry will leave the farm.

The borewell with outer in place.  The bore width is 6.5"
 Lorry is yet to move away

The boring is pretty easy job in open fields.  Started at 7 AM and finished everything by 12 PM. The crew brings their own cooking gas stove etc....  They have tight schedules.  We waited for them for 3 days with rigorous followup.  I could not witness the water gushing. Subbu had taken snaps which I will add later to this page. I was at that time in Sastha Temple with my family. Sastha is our family deity. When Subbu called me to say we have hit water !.  God's mercy.

Now some visuals.....

The sight is a mixture of rock dust and water mixture sprewen around the borewell extending and flowing into neighboring field as well. I hope he will not object to this dirt.

We are yet to think of how to pump water now.

My earlier idea is to get a slow speed dieseal pump and compressor. But now Subbu is confident of getting some electricity by talking to officials. Not the industrial one, but domestic current.

Let's hope the best.

One by one people are moving away. Pack and go.  The fresh borewell will be
tied with gunny bag till mason builds a cement structure around.