Bhungroo
Naireeta Services Private Limited.
Bhungroo is a product that harvests excess water from floods or storms. It stores existing water in the soil and responds to natural environmental conditions.
Bhungroo is a product developed by Naireeta services to address waterlogging and draught problems in farmers fields. Bhungroo is a term in colloquial Gujarati meaning a straw or hollow pipe. During monsoon, Bhungroo is used to harvest the excess water available during storms and waterlogging.
It is an efficient rain water conservation technology by use of pipes of 10 to 15 cm in diameter. During monsoon this technology injects, filters and stores the excess amount of water in a subsurface zone and then it can be made available for use during lean periods or draught. It requires a surface space of only 1 square meter and takes care of 1 to 4 million liters of water each year.
Cost of erection, processing, filtration, water injecting, water lifting altogether is approximately 3 lacs INR ( ~4411 USD).
Alternative solutions to this product include canals, farm ponds, tube wells, and check dams.
Goal 2: Aims to increase production of crops.
Small scale farmers, large scale farmers, and industries affected by waterlogging problems.
