“Panta Sanjeevani” initiative is a Farm pond scheme, launched in 2015 by the former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Shri. Nara Chandrababu Naidu to predominantly support the farming community in Rayalaseema Particularly in the district of Ananthapur to dig one lakh farm ponds as a part of the programme.
To nurture crop cultivation during dry spells and improve the diminishing groundwater levels under the programme Panta Sanjeevani, farm ponds are being sanctioned to store water for crops as well as for storage of rainwater during the rainy season and recharging of groundwater. For a more detailed view of the project and the Latest TDP News visit the official website.
The Panta Sanjeevani programme started with an expenditure of Rs.100 crores across the state of Andhra Pradesh. Under this initiative, three designs for building a farm pond in farmlands are offered to the farmers. This project is primarily for small and marginal farmers who are having land holdings of up to five acres. This scheme helped the farmers in tackling minimising groundwater levels via water harvesting, besides offering water from nearby borewells to the farming community. This is considered as one of the Top TDP Schemes in Ananthapuram.
The scheme which started in December 2015 had a great response and already 15,000 farmers have completed digging their ponds. By the end of March 2016, about 40,000 farmers have utilised this scheme and dug ponds in their farms. These ponds will facilitate the storage of 3 tmc ft of water. Visit our official website to get updated more about such TDP Achievements.
While Anantapur tops the list of districts which are sanctioned the utmost number of farm ponds, Farmers in 63 mandals of the district are clamouring for farm ponds which are proving to be a benefit for farm operations. Farmers are delighted over the water springs emerging from their ponds and filling them to a large extent.
The Panta sanjeevani programme provided a breather to the farmers who have gone through difficult times due to inadequate rainfall. This development in some mandals motivated other farmers to take advantage of this magnificent scheme introduced by the TDP government and our former chief minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu believed in taking these measures that would turn the district prosperous and help drought conditions effectively.
Thus, the former chief minister of Andhra Pradesh Nara Chandrababu Naidu and the TDP leaders in Rayalaseema succeeded in restoring the groundwater for water storage in ponds through Panta sanjeevani programme.
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