Land-owners, particularly those who had kept their agricultural lands fallow due to large deposits of alkaline soil, have welcomed the scheme. Many farmers say that the expenditure they incur on shifting the silt or clay from the tanks would be an investment toward land reclamation. We are going to wait for one good spell of rain so that the silt and the clay gets mixed evenly. Farmers also feel that this scheme should not be a one-time affair and should be implemented on a sustained basis. “Every load of silt fetches ₹100 for the earthmover operator while the agricultural labourer gets ₹500 for spreading it on the fields,” say the farmers.

Source: The Hindu May 24, 2017 19:26 UTC