LDPE Tarpaulins Sheet For Jal Kund, Size : Multisizes

Jal kund is an underground tank that stores rain water with the help of polyethylene sheet. It is also known as polyethylene lined tank. A tank of size 4x1x1 m or 2x2x1 m is excavated. After lining the pit with rice-husk, a polyethylene sheet is laid on it to develop a proper shaped water storage tank. The evaporation losses can be minimized by covering the tank with panels made from locally available bamboo and rice-husk or dry grass.

At the hilltop, crop is grown only during rainy season. Due to the unavailability of water during november to april, most of the hill areas remain barren. Tomato is one of the important vegetable crops during the summer season. The crop was planted during dry season at the upper ridges of the research farm at our institution, where stored water from the jalkund was used for irrigation medicinal plants (alpina galanga, local name kulan- jan) are grown all along the periphery of the jalkund. Jalkund is also used as live stock rearing of ducks, pigs, poultry and fish production. LDPE Tarpaulins Sheets For Jal Kund.