{"id":18439,"date":"2024-07-27T18:29:10","date_gmt":"2024-07-27T18:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssevs.org\/?page_id=18439"},"modified":"2024-07-30T05:44:32","modified_gmt":"2024-07-30T05:44:32","slug":"collective-solar-irrigation-dawn-of-new-era-of-change","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ssevs.org\/?page_id=18439","title":{"rendered":"Collective Solar Irrigation: Dawn of New Era of Change"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Collective Solar Irrigation: Dawn of New Era of Change\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Maniyari Jhakra is the village of Nautan block of West Champaran. In a meeting of farmers here, Sanjay Prasad Kushwaha, president of \u201cSheetal Sinchai Kisan Samuh\u201d, is tabling an account of the previous season. But this is not about their agriculture but of the “solar-based group irrigation system” for all the farmers of the village. He was not only sharing the full account but also showing its bank passbook so that complete transparency is maintained. Usually, this meeting takes place four times a year i.e. before each season of farming and all the members of the irrigation committee participate in it.<\/span><\/p>

The entire solar-based irrigation system of 05 (five) Horse Power pump is not individual but collective here and it provides irrigation to approximately 35 acres with ease. This is the first experiment of its kind in the entire district. To oversee this, Sheetal Sinchai Kisan Samuh has been formed and it has 32 farmers in the same village. To irrigate their fields, there is no need to hire or put a pump set but just inform the operator about the demand of the farmer, one day in advance and the next day the farmer’s field gets irrigated through underground distribution of pipes and outlets. Neither do they pull the diesel pump set nor the pipe laying. Just press a button and the water passes through the underground pipeline directly to the farmer’s fields and the rate is believed to be also lower than the diesel set. An unemployed youth in the village has been selected as the operator to run this system. Thinking of being beneficial to farmers and India Grain Legume Cluster Development project, implemented by Samagra Sikchhan Evam Vikas Sansthan, this irrigation system is a unique model of collective initiative. To see this collective initiative, the former District Agricultural Officer, the current MP Mr. Baidyanath Prasad Kushwaha, KVK scientists and many farmers from nearby panchayats have already visited and appreciated it.<\/span><\/p>

This initiative was started one & half year ago. Sanjay ji – president of the Sheetal Sinchai Kisaan Samuh shared that its inspiration came from the exposure visit to Solar irrigation system, installed in Samastipur under the India Grain Legume Cluster Development Project, being implemented by the AKRSP (I). Agriculture expert of the project, Anil Lucas, shared that – \u201cIn the current era of climate change, energy and water crisis, making farming sustainable and profitable is a big challenge\u201d.<\/span><\/p>

The process was started approx. one & half years ago by organizing an exposure visit of farmers and workers associated with the project to Chakhaji village, the work area of Aga Khan Rural Support Program (India), Pusa, where everyone witnessed the demonstration of the community irrigation system and understood its benefits. Inspired by this, a community solar system was established for irrigation on about 35 acres by 32 farmers of Maniyari Jhakhara village. Out of the total cost of Rupees 9,20,001\/- in the construction of this model, Rs. 2,77,726\/- was contributed in cash\/kind by the members of the farmers\u2019 group. The group also provided land, built a boundary wall and pucca house (switch room) for the establishment of a pump house.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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  • Irrigation on credit too.<\/strong><\/li>
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    Mrs. Sujanti Devi, a member and farmer of this irrigation committee, says that \u2013 (\u201csolar system se patwan ke kaam bahut aasaan ho gayil baa, bs fon kar din aa paisa de din, ghare baithal paani paat jaalaa. Aa agar paisaa nahikhe t kaam naa rukela, paani paat jaala aa paisaa hote diyaa jaala. Aa sb kaam shanti se hola, naa pump set ke hd-hd baa naa okar dhuaan\u201d) “The work of irrigation of fields has become very easy with the solar system, just make a call or inform the operator and pay charges for the irrigation and it is done. Irrigation of my field does not stop due to lack of money. Payment can be made to the operator as and when money is available to the farmer. The whole system is noiseless and smokeless as compared to the Diesel pump set.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

    This community solar irrigation system is not only reducing the cost for farmers but also conserving groundwater in the surrounding area of the village<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Collective Solar Irrigation: Dawn of New Era of Change Maniyari Jhakra is the village of Nautan block of West Champaran. In a meeting of farmers here, Sanjay Prasad Kushwaha, president of \u201cSheetal Sinchai Kisan Samuh\u201d, is tabling an account of the previous season. But this is not about their agriculture but of the “solar-based group irrigation system” for all the farmers of the village. He was not only sharing the full account but also showing its bank passbook so that complete transparency is maintained. Usually, this meeting takes place four times a year i.e. before each season of farming and all the members of the irrigation committee participate in it. The entire solar-based irrigation system of 05 (five) Horse Power pump is not individual but collective here and it provides irrigation to approximately 35 acres with ease. This is the first experiment of its kind in the entire district. To oversee this, Sheetal Sinchai Kisan Samuh has been formed and it has 32 farmers in the same village. To irrigate their fields, there is no need to hire or put a pump set but just inform the operator about the demand of the farmer, one day in advance and the next day the farmer’s field gets irrigated through underground distribution of pipes and outlets. Neither do they pull the diesel pump set nor the pipe laying. Just press a button and the water passes through the underground pipeline directly to the farmer’s fields and the rate is believed to be also lower than the diesel set. An unemployed youth in the village has been selected as the operator to run this system. Thinking of being beneficial to farmers and India Grain Legume Cluster Development project, implemented by Samagra Sikchhan Evam Vikas Sansthan, this irrigation system is a unique model of collective initiative. To see this collective initiative, the former District Agricultural Officer, the current MP Mr. Baidyanath Prasad Kushwaha, KVK scientists and many farmers from nearby panchayats have already visited and appreciated it. This initiative was started one & half year ago. Sanjay ji – president of the Sheetal Sinchai Kisaan Samuh shared that its inspiration came from the exposure visit to Solar irrigation system, installed in Samastipur under the India Grain Legume Cluster Development Project, being implemented by the AKRSP (I). Agriculture expert of the project, Anil Lucas, shared that – \u201cIn the current era of climate change, energy and water crisis, making farming sustainable and profitable is a big challenge\u201d. The process was started approx. one & half years ago by organizing an exposure visit of farmers and workers associated with the project to Chakhaji village, the work area of Aga Khan Rural Support Program (India), Pusa, where everyone witnessed the demonstration of the community irrigation system and understood its benefits. Inspired by this, a community solar system was established for irrigation on about 35 acres by 32 farmers of Maniyari Jhakhara village. Out of the total cost of Rupees 9,20,001\/- in the construction of this model, Rs. 2,77,726\/- was contributed in cash\/kind by the members of the farmers\u2019 group. The group also provided land, built a boundary wall and pucca house (switch room) for the establishment of a pump house. Irrigation on credit too. Irrigation at a cheap rate. Environment friendly. Underground Distribution system established. Monitoring and maintenance through the internet by the company. Mrs. Sujanti Devi, a member and farmer of this irrigation committee, says that \u2013 (\u201csolar system se patwan ke kaam bahut aasaan ho gayil baa, bs fon kar din aa paisa de din, ghare baithal paani paat jaalaa. Aa agar paisaa nahikhe t kaam naa rukela, paani paat jaala aa paisaa hote diyaa jaala. Aa sb kaam shanti se hola, naa pump set ke hd-hd baa naa okar dhuaan\u201d) “The work of irrigation of fields has become very easy with the solar system, just make a call or inform the operator and pay charges for the irrigation and it is done. Irrigation of my field does not stop due to lack of money. Payment can be made to the operator as and when money is available to the farmer. The whole system is noiseless and smokeless as compared to the Diesel pump set.\u201d\u00a0 This community solar irrigation system is not only reducing the cost for farmers but also conserving groundwater in the surrounding area of the village<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-site-content-layout":"full-width-container","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-18439","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"\nCollective Solar Irrigation: Dawn of New Era of Change - SSEVS , Bettiah<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ssevs.org\/?page_id=18439\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Collective Solar Irrigation: Dawn of New Era of Change - SSEVS , Bettiah\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Collective Solar Irrigation: Dawn of New Era of Change Maniyari Jhakra is the village of Nautan block of West Champaran. 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To see this collective initiative, the former District Agricultural Officer, the current MP Mr. Baidyanath Prasad Kushwaha, KVK scientists and many farmers from nearby panchayats have already visited and appreciated it. This initiative was started one & half year ago. Sanjay ji – president of the Sheetal Sinchai Kisaan Samuh shared that its inspiration came from the exposure visit to Solar irrigation system, installed in Samastipur under the India Grain Legume Cluster Development Project, being implemented by the AKRSP (I). Agriculture expert of the project, Anil Lucas, shared that – \u201cIn the current era of climate change, energy and water crisis, making farming sustainable and profitable is a big challenge\u201d. The process was started approx. one & half years ago by organizing an exposure visit of farmers and workers associated with the project to Chakhaji village, the work area of Aga Khan Rural Support Program (India), Pusa, where everyone witnessed the demonstration of the community irrigation system and understood its benefits. Inspired by this, a community solar system was established for irrigation on about 35 acres by 32 farmers of Maniyari Jhakhara village. Out of the total cost of Rupees 9,20,001\/- in the construction of this model, Rs. 2,77,726\/- was contributed in cash\/kind by the members of the farmers\u2019 group. The group also provided land, built a boundary wall and pucca house (switch room) for the establishment of a pump house. Irrigation on credit too. Irrigation at a cheap rate. Environment friendly. Underground Distribution system established. Monitoring and maintenance through the internet by the company. 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In a meeting of farmers here, Sanjay Prasad Kushwaha, president of \u201cSheetal Sinchai Kisan Samuh\u201d, is tabling an account of the previous season. But this is not about their agriculture but of the “solar-based group irrigation system” for all the farmers of the village. He was not only sharing the full account but also showing its bank passbook so that complete transparency is maintained. Usually, this meeting takes place four times a year i.e. before each season of farming and all the members of the irrigation committee participate in it. The entire solar-based irrigation system of 05 (five) Horse Power pump is not individual but collective here and it provides irrigation to approximately 35 acres with ease. This is the first experiment of its kind in the entire district. To oversee this, Sheetal Sinchai Kisan Samuh has been formed and it has 32 farmers in the same village. To irrigate their fields, there is no need to hire or put a pump set but just inform the operator about the demand of the farmer, one day in advance and the next day the farmer’s field gets irrigated through underground distribution of pipes and outlets. Neither do they pull the diesel pump set nor the pipe laying. Just press a button and the water passes through the underground pipeline directly to the farmer’s fields and the rate is believed to be also lower than the diesel set. An unemployed youth in the village has been selected as the operator to run this system. Thinking of being beneficial to farmers and India Grain Legume Cluster Development project, implemented by Samagra Sikchhan Evam Vikas Sansthan, this irrigation system is a unique model of collective initiative. To see this collective initiative, the former District Agricultural Officer, the current MP Mr. Baidyanath Prasad Kushwaha, KVK scientists and many farmers from nearby panchayats have already visited and appreciated it. This initiative was started one & half year ago. Sanjay ji – president of the Sheetal Sinchai Kisaan Samuh shared that its inspiration came from the exposure visit to Solar irrigation system, installed in Samastipur under the India Grain Legume Cluster Development Project, being implemented by the AKRSP (I). Agriculture expert of the project, Anil Lucas, shared that – \u201cIn the current era of climate change, energy and water crisis, making farming sustainable and profitable is a big challenge\u201d. The process was started approx. one & half years ago by organizing an exposure visit of farmers and workers associated with the project to Chakhaji village, the work area of Aga Khan Rural Support Program (India), Pusa, where everyone witnessed the demonstration of the community irrigation system and understood its benefits. Inspired by this, a community solar system was established for irrigation on about 35 acres by 32 farmers of Maniyari Jhakhara village. Out of the total cost of Rupees 9,20,001\/- in the construction of this model, Rs. 2,77,726\/- was contributed in cash\/kind by the members of the farmers\u2019 group. The group also provided land, built a boundary wall and pucca house (switch room) for the establishment of a pump house. Irrigation on credit too. Irrigation at a cheap rate. Environment friendly. Underground Distribution system established. Monitoring and maintenance through the internet by the company. Mrs. Sujanti Devi, a member and farmer of this irrigation committee, says that \u2013 (\u201csolar system se patwan ke kaam bahut aasaan ho gayil baa, bs fon kar din aa paisa de din, ghare baithal paani paat jaalaa. Aa agar paisaa nahikhe t kaam naa rukela, paani paat jaala aa paisaa hote diyaa jaala. Aa sb kaam shanti se hola, naa pump set ke hd-hd baa naa okar dhuaan\u201d) “The work of irrigation of fields has become very easy with the solar system, just make a call or inform the operator and pay charges for the irrigation and it is done. Irrigation of my field does not stop due to lack of money. Payment can be made to the operator as and when money is available to the farmer. The whole system is noiseless and smokeless as compared to the Diesel pump set.\u201d\u00a0 This community solar irrigation system is not only reducing the cost for farmers but also conserving groundwater in the surrounding area of the village","og_url":"https:\/\/ssevs.org\/?page_id=18439","og_site_name":"SSEVS , Bettiah","article_modified_time":"2024-07-30T05:44:32+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/ssevs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-27-235734-1024x662.png"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/ssevs.org\/?page_id=18439","url":"https:\/\/ssevs.org\/?page_id=18439","name":"Collective Solar Irrigation: Dawn of New Era of Change - SSEVS , Bettiah","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/ssevs.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/ssevs.org\/?page_id=18439#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/ssevs.org\/?page_id=18439#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/ssevs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-27-235734-1024x662.png","datePublished":"2024-07-27T18:29:10+00:00","dateModified":"2024-07-30T05:44:32+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/ssevs.org\/?page_id=18439#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/ssevs.org\/?page_id=18439"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/ssevs.org\/?page_id=18439#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/ssevs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-27-235734.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/ssevs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screenshot-2024-07-27-235734.png","width":1175,"height":760},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/ssevs.org\/?page_id=18439#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/ssevs.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Collective Solar Irrigation: Dawn of New Era of Change"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/ssevs.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/ssevs.org\/","name":"SSEVS , Bettiah","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/ssevs.org\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/ssevs.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/ssevs.org\/#organization","name":"SSEVS , Bettiah","url":"https:\/\/ssevs.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/ssevs.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/ssevs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/cropped-LOGO-Samagra-Sikchhan-Evam-Vikas-Sansthan-removebg-preview.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/ssevs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/cropped-LOGO-Samagra-Sikchhan-Evam-Vikas-Sansthan-removebg-preview.png","width":498,"height":175,"caption":"SSEVS , Bettiah"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/ssevs.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssevs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssevs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssevs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssevs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssevs.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18439"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/ssevs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18439\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18634,"href":"https:\/\/ssevs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18439\/revisions\/18634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssevs.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}