marking up the trenches for drip

Now that the Water tank has been installed, we have started preparing for the "Drip" project. The estimated cost, risks, effort and time to complete this work is significantly large and hence we are going to do a Proof Of Concept initially, for a small area of 50 m X 50 m. Sanjay got the chalk powder and we all marked the periphery with the help of two MIT students.

water tank and drips

Tata Motors has donated two 12,000 litre capacity tanks. They were transported from Tata Motors in Chinchwad and installed with the help of trucks/cranes at two different locations. The location of these tanks is at almost 10-15 feet elevation from the plateau level. As a result is is expected that the pressure would drive the water in the drips smoothly.

Its Raining late in the season.. what more can I ask for

Normally the monsoons end around Dusserra (was on Snday 16th Oct this year) and even during the 10 days of Navratri (before Dusserra, it is normally only light showers that dampen the spirit of the "Garba and Dandiya" enthusiasts. Otherwise normally, in Pune we witness very bright and hot climate in October.

 However it is an unusual phenomenon that we have observed this year. For last 4 days, since Dusserra (Sunday) we have been having heavy showers every evening and it is spells of cloudy weather  and bright hot sunlight during the day. This has proven to be a bliss for the saplings that we have planted this year. However as a result, the rest of the work of grass cutting laying of drips and placing water tanks has come to a stand still, however have no regrets as far as we get the spells of showers daily.