Samastipur

1. Story of two bye-products
Vidyapatinagar
Samastipur
Tarun Kumar
PO
Vidyapatinagar

2. Harpur Bochhan is a panchayat of Vidyapatinagar block,
Samastipur. There is a railway line bisecting the habitants of the
panchayat and their agriculture field. Because of the railway line,
peasants used to face problems in carrying crops. In gramsabha
meetings peasants emphasized on the scheme for making roads
to carry their crops. To connect the hamlet to the farms scheme
no. 145/16-17 was taken with the estimated cost of Rs 829300.
The location selected, was near a canal type structure which was
silted. To make the road it was decided to take the excavation
from the canal itself. The road was measured to be of 1,800 feets
in length. Making this road created a space of about 21,600 cubic
feets for water conservation free of cost. This was how the job of
making road from the village to the railway line was completed
in the first phase.

3. 1800 Ft road made made a space of about 21600 cft
for water conservation

4. Then in the following financial year, i.e the current year
(17-18) scheme no. 3/17-18 was taken with the estimated
cost of Rs. 935900 to make the road connecting the
railway line to the agricultural fields located about 2000
feets apart, which was also besides a canal type structure.
Following the same process of making road, the canal
structure was renovated in about 2,000 feets. In this way,
in the second phase a space of about 24,000 cubic feets
was created for water conservation. Ultimately, in making
the road to connect the residential area of the village to
the agricultural fields an additional space of about
36,6T00 cubic feet was made to conserve water,
absolutely free of cost.

5. Connecting Hamlet to Farm

6. Making a road created 24000 cubic feet space for
water conservation

7. This year in the very first shower of the
rainy season only, both the canals
were filled with water. The water was
used for the irrigation of paddy crops
and being used till the irrigation of the
wheat crops also.