IRRIGATIONINDIA-THE NEED

INDIAN POPULATION CROSSES BILLION .IT WILL OUT GROW CHINA BY 2020.WHERE IS FOOD FOR ALL THESE MOUTH ? THE FOOD SECURITY FOR ALL INDIANS SHOULD BE MADE BY THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA.IRRIGATION IS AN ARTIFICIAL APPLICATION OF WATER TO THE SOIL FOR THE GROWTH OF PLANTS. IN ARID REGION IT TAKES PLACE OF RAINFALL.WHERE RAIN IS SCANTY IT IS AN ALTERNATIVE TO DRY CROPS .WHERE RAIN IS ABUNDANT BUT UNCERTAIN IT SUPPLEMENT TO THE NEED OF CROPS AND AVOID THE CROP LOSE DUE TO DROUGHT. AS A MALAYALAM POET N.N.KAKKAD WROTE IN HIS POEM ,SAFALAMEE YAATRA
"MAZHA EPPOLPEYYUM,EVIDEPEYYUM,AARKKUMARIYILLALLO".THAT MEANS WHEN IT WILL RAIN WHERE IT WILL RAIN NOBODY KNOWS. IN SUCH UNCERTAINTY OF RAINFALL IRRIGATION HELPS US TO MANAGE WATER RESOURCE EFFICIENTLY FOR THE INCREASE IN PRODUCTION OF FOOD CROPS.
THE FIRST PRIORITY OF INDEPENDENT INDIA WAS TO FEED ALL THE 40 CRORE PEOPLE.

THAT'S WHY PUNDIT JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TOLD "DAMS ARE TEMPLES OF MODERN INDIA"
IT STORES WATER FOR FUTURE NEEDS OF CROPS .HE WAS A VISIONARY OF FUTURE. THANKS. WE EAT TODAY ONLY BECAUSE OF HIS POLICY.