Due to treatment of nullahs in villages across Chhattisgarh under Narva, Garua, Ghurva and Bari scheme, the ground water level in wells and tube wells in concerned villages has gone up by 1.6 meters, a government survey said.
According to an official statement, the treatment of 2,477 nullahs was done in the past three years.
The treatments include construction of stop dams, earthen boulder checks, gully plug and brush hood. A sum of Rs 614 crore was expended in the treatment works and the nullahs across the state were revived.
The ground water level of the villages from where these nullahs pass have increased between 0.20 and 1.60 meters, the statement said.
The villagers who had their farms along the nullahs were benefitted and they are now able to go for double crops.