Boring for Water

Boring or piercing the earth is something I would want to avoid. After reading so many articles on ground water depletion, I had very many hesitation to go for boring. But in this part of the land, there is no other water source.  Irrigation from canal or river or even a lake is absent. People are dependent on rain water or underground water.

I did my own study of where I can dig for water.  Digging an open well is an option. I would love to do that as open wells have their own elegance. Who would not want to take bath in open well or pumpset. Those who are from rural background would relate to what I am writing. They support more life forms. But I understand it is very costly,  given the labor shortage. It may cost between 3 to 6 lakhs, even then there is no guarantee of year long water. So it is ruled out.

 I used to spend hours pondering over the Google earth. In and out, in and out. Imagining there could be water way underground which will show up as a green belt. Indeed I firmly believed that all the dry lakes surrounding my lake would have sunk the water deep down and should be available. I chose the point X for boring.

Meanwhile I also had a local 'prospector'  who did water prospecting for me using his own technique of coconut and stick. He also spotted the same. Additionally an experienced guy was consulted. The guy who was contracted for boring also had a wealth of experience to share and he was positive. But he also said he did not get any success for the past few borings he did in the neighbourhood villages. Anyway i wanted to go ahead.

My sanction to my supervisor was to go for 90 feet to 150 feet maximum. I expected water at 40 feet. I planned for something like this;

	Feet	Rate	Amount
Boring	150	65	9750
Casing	20	230	4600
			14350

I was in Hyderabad and boring was happening around 1400 Kms away. My supervisor was coordinating. He had selected a dry day for boring and was waiting for the boring crew to be free. An  

So the boring went on.... 80 feet, 90 feet, 100, 110 and so on... There ws no water even after 160 feet. Only hard rock in black color. I believe from my supervisor telling that if there is no change of color, that was worrying him. He asked my advise. At 160 feet we asked to stop the work.

Boring Lorries, taking position

early morning was selected and boring commenced. 





Boring in progress



The crew was asked to start a boring from a new location, let us call 'B' towards East. This spot was also a choice selected and kept as plan B.  There also the crew could get only hard rock for about 90 feet. we asked to stop. My supervisor asked what to do? very difficult situation.  By that time it was lunch time. Boring owner was anyway gave up.  My supervisor also. Mood was very dull. I was in my office.  Then i picked my courage and ordered as follows. I said, anyway we have dug over 160 feet in 'A' location. Let us continue further boring over there. I have guts we will get water. Come what may. I will pay for it. Please go ahead and don't worry.  The boring fellows have to be convinced to re-aling on the same pit once again. Generally they will charge for re-boring. This time they accepted due to friendly talk.  So we started again,  at 190 the rock blasted and water started coming. We continued boring till 220 and stopped.

I was told the water was crystal clear. Since it was from under a big rock boulder of continuous depeth, there should be perinnial supply of water for atleast few years. Meanwhile I have to work towards recharging the ground water.  The same day evening the water level rose to some 30 feet.  My supervisor and his friends were able to draw water with simple bucket and rope.

Now a bigger worry !  What happened to the half dug borewell. Though both are well within the compound, we were worried no one should fall into that. Same day I strictly told my supervisor and others that the B hole to be closed at any cost. Presently they have to construct obstacles - which they did. Next day some workers were hired and the hole was closed with mud, sand, stones and waste material. Then i had relief.  As for the main bore hole, it was covered with outer (the PVC pipe) and was tied with Jute bag. Cementing to be done later.

Thus a successful boring operation was over.



Land after Boring. I understand the rocksoil is good for growing "asola". I asked them to preserve it. I donot know if they understood my advice.



Building the Farm Gate

Having settled with the Fence, my supervisor Subbu had created a make shift arrangement for entry into the farm.  The Tata Steel Link Mesh was to be removed from one of the pillars, rolled over in order to enter. Subsequently when you need to close the farm enterence, one has to roll-in the mesh and fasten it using still wire pieces.

This was not a good method and was prone to vandalism. Subbu had to stay back in the farm many nights in order to safeguard any leftover material and the farm itself. This cannot go ON for long. Something was needed and that was the gate.  So started my gate project.

I was exited at the thought of having a big gate at the enterence, which i wanted facing North. that means the means of entering from the main road will be through the buffer zone I reserved to be at 12 feet in bredth. From the road one has to go down the ramp and turn a sharp right. That means;

a) A Ramp to be made of mud for vehicle to move from main road which is on a tank bund to farm gate which is at ground level.

b) Degree of freedom required at the gate for a lorry to turn right at 90 degrees.

So my gate was to be of 20 feet in length (the longest gate I have ever seen) with each door having 10 feet distance.  Sitting from 1300 Kms away, i was doubtful of my own decision, but still I went ahead.

I was confident of my own decision. It is better to be big than compromise and get into trouble later. Secondy the gate enterance has to be bit moved inside for vehicles to 'turn' confortable.  Imagine a situation in which the adjascent land owner (housing colony) builds upto the border. Then I will be on my own 12 feet road and vehicle has to take a sharp 90deg turn into the farm.

Gate construction starts with identifying mason and ordering for gate.  The iron gate was to be ordered in Valiyoor after few enquiries.  I decided on the design after going through internet photos and communicated over mail/phone.  Subsequently I discovered that i need not scratch my brain too much. Just look around your colony in a city. You will find all kinds of gates. pick and choose one, photograph and send it. But it was too late. I had already decided.

This was kind of model i chose. Long gate and simple

Gate fabrication will be done at the workshop. It takes atleast 15 days to 20 days after paying advance to fabricate one.  There is no chance of changing your mind.

Meanwhile ground preparation is an important activity. The gate would weigh a ton. Therefore pillars are required to support the gate on either side. Since pillar also cannot withstand the test of time, whatever be the foundation, they need to be connected under the ground through horizontal concrete pillars. So it is a major project.  Cost was escalating and my supervisor was worried. I encouraged him all the time.....

Foundation work started

This work generates lot of labor. So i did'nt mind paying...

Gate pillar work under progress

Bricks are used to cast concrete horizontal pillar for strength

Another angle

Therefore two parallel activity was in progress, namely fabrication of Gate and construction of Pillars for support. Cost ?  it was also going up.  Now a new problem.  You cannot have two megasize pillars and a giant size gate of 20 feet width standing in middle of nowhere !.   How will it look like.  Therefore it was decided to construct side support collar walls to the pillars to a decent length. I also wanted a small gate in one of the walls so that only humans can enter it. the gate has to be so decided. I left the design open for the ground crew to decide. But later i learned that they lacked innovation. They had put only an ordinary conventional gate which must be kept closed.   These are small things that can be perfected only when the owner is on the spot. This is also the price i had to pay for operating from remote... anyway i was prepared for it.

Description	Unit Rate	Quantity	Amount
Iron rods	80	365	29200
Labour charge 5 days	250	50	12500
Other expenses	200	10	2000
Cement, Concrete, Bricks	5000	7	35000
Gate			15000
			93700

My friend Subbu was mentioning that all villagers who are passing by thought that there is a big factory or company coming up.  He was laughing and saying that he was also part of gossip mill. I was worried.  When three lorries (actually two of the lorries were empty and the drivers were resting and chit chatting with our friends), few motorcycles, drums and hectic concrete activitywas going ON, who will not think otherwise.  For villagers, a Company means hope of employement as well as threat of environment.  For me it was cause of concern as cost of labour will escalate and people will misunderstand me. Therefore i wanted the work to be hurried up. Used all corporate 'Followup" strategies.  So finally the fusion of Gate and Frame happened.

There was also necessity to construct side wall. foundation is seen

Completed Gate.



Having Completed the gate, i cannot hieve a sigh of relief. As you can see there is a gap under the gate which requires raising of floor..There is finishing to be done to the walls. There is a small gate pending. There is painting. There is decoration on the pillars.  So life goes on......

Survey and Fencing - Part 3

Fencing

This is the activity i was waiting for.  Fencing activity gives a high feeling because you are securing your own land and for good.  Fencing a land starts with a decision to be made.  Wheather to outsource the entire activity or do it yourself.  After calculating my area of land, it came to around 1400 feet perimeter distance. Even at very nominal rate of around 140 per feet, it will come to more than two lakhs. Therefore discarded that idea and decided to do on my own.  My farm supervisor was ready to do it himself and showed positivity. So I supported him.


The newly purchased Earth Augur at work.
Two men required. 20 holes per liter of petrol

Now some corporate planning  (using our business brain).  For installing the pillars and subsequently for tree planting, I decided i will purchase an earth Augur. I got this from 'pasumai vikatan'.  Browsed the internet and found a dealer in Madurai having branch in Tirunelveli. Couple of visits to that place for Demo (In village, you need to wait for many many days even for a mundae activity like a demo.).   The demo equipment had gone out, person incharge will go out of station, the technician is not there etc can be some of the excuses. Neverthless, the demo happened and my farm supervisor was happy. he sent me the photographs of the equipment in action. I decided on the best one and cost me 39000/-. Worth the investment.

Purchased in small lots and stored on farm.
Without fence it was vulnarable for theft.

Next is the stone pillars itself. To buy them in lot will not happen. There are few people (unlicenced) whom I want to help. Very poor people who work on daily wages cutting stone. After all, our project is to support low income groups. Therefore decided to go in small batches of 6 stones. Because they are poor, we need to settle cash on hand every time. Accumulate around 3 such batches and hire a vehicle for delivery.   Store the 25 stones in the farm on the ground.  Like this waited till the total count exceeded 160 Pillars.  After installation it was counted and found that around 14 had gone missing. few got broken.

The next in the list of items is Tata Stell Wire mesh. I decided to go for wire mesh called chain link fencing.  Different vendors in different towns like Valliyoor, Tirunelveli were contacted.  A mesh having 3.25" gap with 4.5 feet tall and having 2.5mm thickness was selected.  The process is by giving an advance confirm the order and wait for the wire to be knitted in factory. Then it is delivered.

We estimated we need around 18 bundles of knitted wire. weighing around 2 tonnes.  The total spend was something like this;

Description	Unit Rate	Quantity	Amount
7 feet stone	195	50	9750
5 feet stone	165	140	23100
Delivery van per 25 stone	400	10	4000
Unloading labor	400	10	4000
Tractor trip	300	30	9000
JCB	5000	4	20000
Bulldoser	5000	4	20000
Fence Material	40	1400	56000
Labour charge 3 days	500	30	15000
			160850



The actual fastening of the wire mesh cannot be done by ordinary labours. Therefore few workers at Rs. 500 per day were hired for this purpose who did a good job.

For team motivation, lunch was served (mostly biryani is liked by everyone). Water supply. A shade was built as a semi permanent setup. The construction of this cost some money (i remember less than 5K), but is worth spending.

Shade under construction for resting

Completed Shade (tent)

Quality and Alignment check

Post fencing, I started guessing the shape of the farm. I gave some "engineer" to draw the diagram. He again made so much fuss as follows;
a) Asked an ambassodor car to be picked up from Nanguneri to Valliyoor.

b) Pay him his fee of 3000 for survey

c) Pay him additional 4000 for a diagram.

Finally I got shabby piece of pencil drawing on a waste paper that i tore it off as soon as i received it in courier from my friend.  Even my baby kid will draw a better diagram. Anyway that is the way it is. It is clear that you should not approach any designer or engineer.

 

This was my grand plan. (However it did not workout subsequently as we will see......)


So I am on my own. Decided to draw it myself. I chose Visio and applied all my skills. I had nothing in front of me. Just with a survey diagram and photographs sent by my friend, I imagined, counted the pillars and drew near perfect diagram, which later my friend apprecaited.  This diagram gave me enough confiance and helped bridge communication gap between me and my manager.  It will also help me instruct over the phone clearly as we will see later......

One more thing, at every stage it is also required that some landscaping is done. Some left out areas have to be dressed properly. For this JCB and bulldozer were hired. Strictly this cannot be part of fencing cost (management brain fooling itself to believe so...), but neverthless they are mandatory.

Finally the fence is ready.

Survey and Fencing - Part 2

Waiting for the surveyor to come had become an endless wait.  So many execuses everytime i call my broker or farm supervisor. Meanwhile time is running and seasons are changing. I cannot keep endlessly waiting for the sequence of events to happen. The sequence and hence the constraint is as follows;

If you want to do farming, you need fence and fencing require survey to happen.
Survey require all registration to be complete and surveyor to be in place along with VAO. Since this is physical group activity, waiting for everyone's convenience is wasting time.
 

This is how the land looked with top soil with sand and salt.


In order to keep myself busy and the team, i decided to press on levelling the ground, come what may. Removing thorns, levelling and ploughing twice are the targets set for the team.  I am going to do very minimal or nil ploughing subsequenlty in the farm after organic cultivation starts. Therefore i want to complete the activity now and re-kindle the soil.  I also had the curiosity to see what does the bottom soil looks like.  As you can see in the below pictures it is not bad. Strokes are following tractor proves, there is life in soil.

 


JCB pulling down the thorny bushes (Burma weeds)



Having started the activity, the resource was consumed continuously.  Nothing can be stopped. Around 600/- to 800/- per hour for JCB and Bulldoser each and depending on area and complexity they must be run for 2 to 3 days for 8 hours per day.  We also had adventures like JCB bucket failing, the joint getting broken. Spares used to be obtained form nearby town Tirunelveli with downtime of around 3 days.

After all that you get satisfaction to see a vast expense of your land devoid of thorns, bushes and exposing the red earth.



Finally the levelled ground

Then on a fine day, the surveyor and VAO were invited as per their convenience.  This second visit also cost me more, but gave a satisfaction that atleast something is getting completed.  In farming activity, you are so pushed to the corner (like a waiting patient in Govt. Hospital taking the token) sometimes that you start accepting everything as Gods gift.

Farm got surveyed and borders identified.  Now I have to depend on the guy who got the briefing from the surveyor and some of the markings on the ground we had made with pebbles.  If there is any land dispute, that has to be settled on the way.  So far as the guy to the east who created dispute, we thought of giving some buffer zone while fencing.  We can sort out this later. This decision was taken so that we proceed with rest of the activities.

On the north, I asked my guys to leave about 12 Feet distance for any lorry or vehicle to pass through. Even I wanted to have the main gate towards north.  Ahead of my land was alread a plot whose ends were irregular. Moreover my land was being used by villagers as road for long time. Therefore I did not want to block anyone's access to go inside.  Sacrificing 12 feet for a length of around 200 feet made sense.

Next is west.  There is a main road at an elevation (Tank bund). Already there is some buffer space for road widening. Otherwise I have no issues on finding the border.

Finally the south. Here is the catch. I was told there is a worshipping stone in this area. Now to allow it inside or leave it outside is the question. I took a call to leave it outside so that those who workship (Once a year, i believe someone comes to workship the deity) donot disturb farm activity. Presently this consists of few broken stones (Someone attempted to make some pillars ages ago). It could be some demi-God of village or a family deity or even a samathi of a saint. I donot know. I allowed around 25 cents outside and planned to fence not disturbing the spot.  Over a period of time, planning to plant some trees over there.

Otherwise south is full of small land holdings with paddy cultivation going on whenever there is water.

Thus border identification is completed. next to plan for actual fence.

Survey and Fencing - Part 1

Fencing Dream

"Fencing is no big deal. Just ask the company who deals with it and pay them. They will do it for you" is what the assumption I also had before I started this activity. I never felt this fencing itself will become a major activity and an achievement for the farm. 

I decided to go ahead with fencing for the following considerations;

a)  Fencing will clearly demarcate our land from that of neighbours and the common land of Government. So earlier we go for fencing the better so that disputes if any will be settled at early stage.

b) It will protect the crops from stray Cows and other animals.

c) Theft of farm implements and equipments will be minimal

d) It will offer a curtain from outside so that the farm activities can be carried out peacefully.

e) It gives a beauty, elegance and increases the farm value.

Survey Ordeal

Stop.  Before proceeding with fencing i was told a clear survey is required to demarcate the land borders.  That is where the trouble started.  Days on end, i used to wait for a surveyor to come and inspect the farm.  The surveyor should be volunteered by Village officer. Therefore presence of both are required. It is a physical activity and they donot give time so easily.  There are different surveyors, but the land records and patta copy should be identified by Village officer. Though there is nomimal charge for survey officially, there is a fee that you have to pay for his and village officer physical visit. That is not small.. They are like Doctors. They spend less time, are swift and fast and seek fee by hour.  Added to that you may have to be ready with some lunch if required.  Climate conditions also should cooperate.

Meanwhile my friend had cleared the land of any thorny bushes with JCB / excavator and bulldozer. I paid heavily for it. But the work was satisfying. Many a times we used to wait in the land for surveyor who would never meet his appointment.  It happened for many months like this. Finally i got so frustrated with Govt machinery.  One day and it happened to be coincidence that I was there, surveyor agreed to come.  We went to the land, waited and there at the horizon, two angel heads appeared. Surveyor has come.

The minute he stepped into the land, he wasted no time.  He was literally running with inch tape and we were running behind him. He was searching for corner stones with special signs and we were helping him locate them. Luckily for me the progress was good.  Since my farms was in the shape of Amoeba it had many sides and many owners.  The records were jumbled and my broker's accomplice helped surveyor with ease.  They used to cross verify with north, east, south and west border and the adjascent land

owners. 

Generally in villages, once some activity like this happens, people from neighbouring farms

automatically appear there. Same happened here also. There was one dispute which become big. Yes. the farm owner to the east of my farm put his foot and said all belongs to him.  No one could convince him. Perhaps because he never saw a neighbour for a long long time and was trespassing the land to the extent he owned everything mentally.  We asked him to come with his original land records to the office (Which later he never did). But neighter Village Officer nor the surveyor nor any of my friends could pacify him. 

Without being aggressive, we left the case and closed the day.   So some of the land remained unsurveyed till next visit. In addition we could not trace one of the corner stone for the surveyor. I also searched. There were wild growth of thorny busines. We decided to clear off some more bushes for searching and then invite the surveyor again.

Journey to Registration

The land was coming in small pieces. I never got tired, nor the broker. Every time we wait for few to accumulate and go for registration. Some will be only 20 centers, some about 1.5 acres. Every time the broker would announce that one more acre is coming for sale, I would have to make a quick decision to go for it after referring my map, at what rate and pay advance. Over a period of time the broker and myself got used to this cycle.  It appeared that each of the petty land owners came forward only, after hearing that the sale of his neighbor went through properly. Most of these people had just kept their land without doing anything for a generation. It was their inherited property and hence did not make any difference to them. They were in need of money. We call it "mootu vali" (Knee Pain in Tamil).

I used to book the train ticket in advance or the flight if it happens to cheaper. The journey was a roundtrip from Hyderabad to Nanguneri via Chennai a distance of 1400 Kms.  Friday would be registration, I would stay back on Saturday and return by Sunday. That way my work will not be disturbed. However this put a lot of pressure on myself to inspect, decide and go for it in short notice. Registration office was predictable. There were no surprises given by them. The sub-agent had two typists who would type out the registration papers promptly and keep them ready. Registration was a routine.  What I started by Dec, 2010 ended by July, 2012. Back home I assembled everything on excel sheets and keep pondering on the original documents to get a picture of it.  I was satisfied that the lands could be grouped in to three clusters, call it A, B and C. These are discussed elsewhere.  A was the first one to go and was dear to me. Being adjacent to road, this will be the head quarters for the farm.

 

Land Purchase at Nachankulam

Nachankulam  is a small village south of a major town Tirunelveli in South Tamil Nadu.  It is a dry land. It falls on a rain shadow region with western ghats mountains to its west at a distance of around 20 Kms and bay of bengal to the east at around 40 Kms.  Rain fall is noted only in October and November.  It is surroundered by rain catchment ponds (kulam) on 3 sides which will be dry for most of the year. The ponds are either filled by rain water or by runoff water from western ghats which fill many many ponds before reaching here.  My plot, being just on the other side of one of the dry pond,  I believe should have plenty of ground water. I used to think for days keeping Google earth in front of me and zooming in and out imagining an underground river. I am not wrong, for the path that the invisible river traverses (which I guessed to be) has greenery all along its way upto the sea. This land falls on the border of that green belt.

I have no experience of purchasing a land. The sheer joy of getting a strech of land for my hard earned money kept me going. City dwellers think only in feet and cents. To think of a stretch measuring 100 cents is thrilling.  "This is YOUR land. Seeee over there upto that single palm tree, here upto that bund..." broker used to say, I nod my head with wide eyes.In scrotching sun, we used to go on two wheeler through bumpy roads. Me with a shoulder bag, Blackberry with GPS ON, Camera in Hand, my notebook and water bottle. Pillion riding with both hands busy taking photos, hearing broker commentry, juggling with my GPS and compass, trying to record coordinates and always fail. Sometimes a local broker would join with survey map in hand. I generally decide anything fast. Ask few questions and go for it and take any risk that comes on the way afterwards.I will be careful about lowerbound and upperbound nothing in between. There is a small sastha temple which was the only roof for shade in about 2 Kms radius. (That roof is also gone now by cyclone winds. More on that in another story).

Land has to be so chosen that it is near to your Native Place for all practical purposes. Though no help can be expected from your native, it gives an introduction, an address and local acceptance value for you.  The Villagers donot accept strangers so easily. For my project, I need cooperation of neighbourhood. The land also should be away from the vicinity of any industrial or developmental activities. It should be somewhere near the road so that you are not blocked off. The land must be cheap. Must be obtained from known broker as registration is a long drawn process, especially when you are purchasing and going to manager from remotely.

You need to travel many times if the land holdings are very small and belong to different families.Importantly a dry land in the interior will always come cheap. Affordable and least risk. But many of us start calculating the appreciation value, return on investment etc which is not relevant in farming ventures. I am not going to sell this anyway, it is for farming and hence have no worry about those things.  I have delibratly chosen an uncultivated land.

The following were my considerations in favour of choosing this one.

1. Land is near to my native place. So whenever I go there I can drop into the farm.
2. It is dry, but I hope there will be enough ground water. 3 ponds on either side,  rainwater from western ghats flowing undergoing to the sea and good rainfall during October, November should go in my favour.
3. It is adjacent to a bird sanctury.  A tiger reserve forest at a commutable distance.  Nearby is a major ancient temple town called Nanguneri (Vanamamalai). In case I want to promote eco-tourism, I have some entertainment and purpose to show.
4. Some central Govt projects are coming up at some distance which will bring migrant population who can become my customers later for my organic produce.
5. Peaceful people in the neighbourhood. This is important given the facts that communal violance were very common in this part.

The following are risks that i have factored and some solutions.

1. Being from non-agriculture background i may fail to raise crops and make profits. I need to find then an alternate use like growing agro forestory, promote eco tourism, build godown etc.
2. For next few years i cannot live in the farm. I have to manage from 1000+ miles away.  Need to create a loyal local team and be liberal on video conferencing, skype and keep close followup.
3. There can be spells of dry weather for long time destroying crops.  This is the fun part and a challenge that i need to work on. Presently I am atleast creating a micro-climate to bring some moisture in the area. that means keep planting anything that comes on the way.
4. Family may disapprove the venture.  I need to keep them cool by alternate compensations...hmmmm let me think.
5. Some litigation may come in land by either Government or Private parties.  I need to do some PR on Health and wellbeing in that area with Police, Taluk Office, Colletorate and Village panchayats.  There are some plans I will discuss later. 

Practical advise on Land purchase

Many a checklists have been published in various blogs about things to take care on land dealings, therefore i am not repeating them. However the following of mine could value add;

1. Most (In fact all) of the small land dealings happen with cash. Remember someone is selling you because he is in need of cash. Therefore keep cash ready.  How you do this is a challenge. Keep in mind ATMS will fail when you want them.
2. Broker may give surprises in last minute. Therefore 20% buffer is a must.
3. Be prepared with registration charges and commission, tips along the way. Generally broker will not mention these at the beginning when mentioning the land value.
4. Donot get into any land dealings if the link document is not original, not clear or not available. It may be possible that they have been mortgaged by the ower for a loan.
5. Try and seek Sitta, Patta and Adangal if possible and cross verify the names.
6. A single survey number may have multiple owners. THe land you are buying may be a part of that. Be aware of who is your neighbour.
7. Try and seek survey measurement through Village Officer as soon as registration is over. Generally there will be delay as either VCO or Surveyor will not be available and may not give date to you. If you happen to be in outstation it makes all the more difficult.
8. Be aware of holidays, local holidays, local festivals during which period they may be absent. Sometimes their computer will not work, there will be record keeping work which will add to delays.
9. Under certain circumstances if you unable to travel and If you are willing to spend some money and take some risk, you can ask someone close to you to take power of attorney and later you can register when you visit. But oflate the rules have become more stringent and donot encourage this practice. Moreover there is a risk that you may ignore registring on your name and forget altogather.

In all I had to travel 12 times to register 28 small holds and make them into big 3 pieces. Let me call them A, B and C.  Only after purchase that I realised, contrary to the promises made by broker and his accomplice that B and C have very poor approach. There is no approach road, but you need to traverse through someone else's land. My attempt to purchase small strip of land from my neighbour to approach B has failed. There is a family dispute on that land which they need to solve. Only then will one of the brother who has promised me will sell it. Till then, i can cultivate on B, but cannot frequent it with vehicles too often.

Well these are part of the game. If you had flown in a window seat and looked outside the window on a clear day, anywhere in India, you might have noticed acres and acres of farm underneath beside river beds, forests and mountain side. Does all of them have comfortable roads ?  There seems to be some understanding between the farmers. Let it prevail !.

For me A is near the road,  C has some approach, but not from A, but otherwise through a roundabout route.  There are four options for me.

1. I donot worry and accept and proceed.  After all transportation through heavy vehicle is a very minuscule part of farming. Farming is do-able.
2. Wait for someone to sell intermediate pieces of land so that I get comfortable contigeous space.
3. Claim some approach road which is on revenue records, but no more visible on land. You need go appeal through petition etc. But that is not preferred now as it will lead to litigation with fellow farmers even before relationship is built
4. The best option is to have some understanding, agreement with neighbours. Everyone has some need and you can always benefit each other mutually through adjustments.

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