In the very last four months, hundreds of wells have dotted the maps of nondescript villages in the drought-prone Koregaon tehsil of Satara district. The village youth, most of whom have been doing the job as head-loaders in Mumbai, returned to their native spots and are building irrigation facilities to get started strawberry cultivation. Just a handful of kilometres absent from Mahabaleshwar, identified for strawberries and scenic sights, Koregaon has emerged as one more strawberry hub in the very last handful of many years. Now with reverse migration, strawberry cultivation in Koregaon is very likely to multiply.
Farmers in the region use farm ponds — harvested rainwater in artificial ponds — to carry on farming in the summer season. But the returned migrant youth have commenced digging wells to obtain a long-lasting resolution to water shortage. Strawberry, a shallow-rooted plant, calls for significantly less volume of water but demands to
