Medak MP M. Raghunandan Rao has urged farmers across Siddipet district to use the ₹36,000 assistance available under the VB-G RAM-G scheme to build water recharge pits, following concerns over drying borewells and adverse weather conditions linked to El Niño.
Rao inaugurated the first recharge system built under the scheme at a school in Chinna Nizampet village of Bhoompeta mandal. He said the construction of recharge pits should be taken up across villages as a mass movement to improve the water-holding capacity of borewells and conserve water.
The intervention is aimed at supporting groundwater recharge at a time when farmers in the area are facing the effects of dry weather. According to the MP, recharge pits can help revive borewells that have dried up and strengthen local groundwater levels. He asked farmers to use the financial assistance promptly rather than delay construction.
Rao also called on sarpanches, deputy sarpanches, public representatives and government officials to begin work on the recharge structures on a “war footing”. His appeal places village-level institutions and local representatives at the centre of implementing the scheme and expanding the work beyond the first system inaugurated at Chinna Nizampet.
The VB-G RAM-G scheme provides financial support to farmers for constructing recharge structures. The assistance is intended to help improve the capacity of agricultural land and surrounding areas to retain water, while reducing the impact of dry weather on borewells, according to the MP’s statement reported by Deccan Chronicle.
The announcement links a household- and farm-level intervention with a wider groundwater concern. Instead of relying only on emergency responses after borewells fail, the proposed village-wide approach seeks to increase water retention through local recharge works. However, the report does not specify the total number of pits planned, the number of farmers eligible for assistance, the implementation schedule or the agencies responsible for monitoring construction.
Rao said the initiative should also prepare villages for a possible drought and help protect farmers from future shortages. The immediate next step, according to his appeal, is for local representatives, officials and farmers to start building recharge pits using the scheme’s ₹36,000 support across villages in the district.
