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Rs.1.25 cr. for recharging of groundwater released [1]

VIRUDHUNAGAR: The district administration has released Rs.1.25 crore to farmers for artificial recharging of ground water in 3,271 irrigation wells in the district till December 2008.

Collector K. Raghupathi said that while small and marginal farmers were given Rs.4,000 as subsidy for constructing recharge filters, other farmers were being given Rs.2,000 as subsidy.

Publication Date: 
12/03/2009
Hindu (Chennai) [2]
Tags:
Water Resources [3], Groundwater [4], Groundwater Recharge [5], Tamil Nadu [6], Virudhunagar (D) [7]
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