Features of bamboo drip irrigation:
(i) Bamboo drip irrigation system is 200 year old system of tapping stream and spring water by using bamboo pipe.
(ii) Bamboo pipes are used to divert perennial springs on the hilltops to the lower reaches by gravity.
(iii) The channel sections, made of bamboo, divert water to the plant site where it distributed into branches.
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In Meghalaya,a 200 year old system of tapping stream and spring water by using bamboo pipes,is prevalent.About 18-20 litres of water enters the bamboo pipe system,gets transported over hundreds of metres and reduces to 20-80 drops per minute at the site of the plant.Features of bamboo drip irrigation are:Bamboo pipes are used to divert perrinial springson the hill tops to the lower reaches by gravity.If the pipes pass a road they are taken high above the land.