Morung Express News
Lukhikhe | August 27
Situated at Tokiye Block under Aughanato subdivision, Lukhikhe Village which is 38 km away from the district Headquarter Zunheboto depends on natural spring to fill the gap of water scarcity as with the growing population, the supply water is not sufficient.
Almost all the households have rainwater harvesting structures in the form of plastic tanks to store water during the rainy season. The pipe water supply to the village cannot suffice the demand of the villagers and therefore, they depend on natural spring ‘Kili Ghoki’ or subsurface flow for domestic and household uses.
Khehoshe, an elder of the village said, “We have water connectivity but we face water scarcity during lean season, where women and children suffered most.”
He also said that the only water source for the village is ‘Kili Ghoki’ a spring which is a kilometre above the village, but the discharge water in the spring is decreasing over the years.
However, Khehoshe stated that with the intervention of the Land Resources department, the discharge of water from the spring has “doubled in volume.”
The Land Resources department under the spring water programme constructed Springshed with tranches upstream and plantation above the spring which has led to the increase of discharge double the volume and the villagers are depending on it.
Zulumeren, Field Officers from the Land Resources said that keeping in mind the decrease of spring water and the gap between demand and supply of water in the area, the department has initiated spring water programme in Lukhikhe village. “We are happy that the program is helping the villagers in bridging this gap of water shortage especially during lean season,” he stated.
Officials from the Land Resource, Zunheboto also disclosed that after the intervention of the department in the village, the department has constructed 200 staggered counter trenches measuring 2x6 m cube depending on slope along with social fencing where some plantation and other activities which act as water trap to refill the aquifers underneath so that the discharge in the spring is improved.
Disclosing the department data, the field officials from the establishment also shared that the spring has a discharge of 400 liters per minute in January 2018 as compared to 250 liters per minute in January 2017 during monsoon, and during lean season it was recorded 5 liters per minute to an earlier record of 3 liters per minute which has shown a double increase in volume.
Mention may be made that the Land Resources department has initiated eleven pilot projects on Springshed development in all eleven district (one village in each district) in Nagaland in the year 2016.
