Demerits of Well and Tube Well Irrigation

♤ Only limited area can be irrigated. Normally, a well can irrigate 1 to 8 hectares of land.

♤ The well may dry up and may be rendered useless for irrigation if excessive water is taken out of it.

♤ In the event of a drought, the ground water level falls and enough water is not available in the well when it is needed the most.

♤ Tubewells can draw a lot of groundwater from its neighbouring areas and make the ground dry and unfit for agriculture.

♤ Well and tube well irrigation is not possible in areas of brackish groundwater.

♤ Lack of electricity, diesel and requirement of capital investment for Tubewell