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This simple method helps Gujarat farmers store excess rain underground for summer months
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This simple method helps Gujarat farmers store excess rain underground for summer months

So, here's the thing - Gujarat farmers face a real paradox: too much water during monsoon season that floods their crops, then months of drought when they desperately need irrigation. Biplab Ketan Paul saw this problem and developed Bhungroo, a clever underground water storage system that captures excess rainwater and stores it in deep aquifer layers. The system works by filtering heavy rain into a cemented pit, then directing it through pipes deep underground where it stays until the dry season arrives. What I find brilliant is that each Bhungroo is custom-designed for that specific farm's soil, rainfall patterns and underground conditions - and local women farmers are actually central to making it work, even managing shared systems within community groups.
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