Describe the Bamboo-Drip Irrigation System of Meghalya.

The Bamboo-Drip Irrigation System is very popular in Meghalaya.

(i)It is a 200 year old system of tapping stream and spring water by using bamboo pipes.

(ii) Bamboo pipes are used to divert perennial springs on the hill tops to the lower reaches by gravity.

(iii)The channel sections, made of bamboo, divert water to the plant site where it is distributed into branches, again made and laid out with different forms of bamboo pipes. The flow of water into the pipes is controlled by manipulating the pipe positions.

(iv)If the pipes pass a road, they are taken high above the land.

(v)Reduced channel sections and diversion units are used at the last stage of water application. The last channel section enables water to be dropped near the roots of the plant.