ರೈತರಿಗೆ ವರದಾನ ಶಾಂತವ್ವ ನಿರ್ಮಿಸಿದ 'ಸೂಳೆಕೆರೆ': ನೂರಾರು ಹಳ್ಳಿಗೆ ನೀರುಣಿಸುವ ಜೀವಸೆಲೆಯ ಇತಿಹಾಸ ಬಲ್ಲಿರಾ!?

ಸಾವಿರಾರು ಎಕರೆ ಪ್ರದೇಶದಲ್ಲಿ ವಿಸ್ತರಿಸಿರುವ ಈ ಸೂಳೆಕೆರೆ ದಾವಣಗೆರೆ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಯ ಹಲವು ಗ್ರಾಮಗಳ ರೈತರಿಗೆ ಜೀವನಾಡಿಯಾಗಿದೆ.

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00:00This is called the Sude Kere in Chennagiri Taluk in Dawangiri district.

00:05It is said to have a history of 800 years.

00:10This is a 6,500 acre area.

00:15It is said to be about 40-50 feet deep.

00:18It can hold up to 4,500 to 6,000 acres of water.

00:25This area is known as Sude Kere.

00:28In the olden days, King Vikramaraya and Queen Unuthana

00:37had no children.

00:39Many years later, they had a daughter.

00:41She was named Shantavu.

00:44Shantavu built a well in the area.

00:51When the well was built, it was supposed to be between two hills.

00:56As the well grew, it was supposed to cover the entire kingdom.

01:03At that time, the king called her Sude.

01:07That is how the name Sude Kere came about.

01:10When J.H. Patel was the Chief Minister,

01:14he was known as Shanti Sagar.

01:18The well is known as Shanti Sagar.

01:23The water comes from the Aridhra river in Tungabhadra.

01:30Even today, the Aridhra river supplies water to the well.

01:37There is enough water for more than 50 families.

01:42This well is a gift to the farmers of Shanti Sagar.

01:47Even the people of Chittoor and Kerala have donated water to Shanti Sagar.

01:53I have been watching the Sude Kere for 50 years.

01:56It is not wrong to say that this well is a gift to the farmers of this area.

02:01They have donated 2000 acres of land and 500 acres of land.

02:10It is not wrong to say that this well is a gift to the farmers of Shanti Sagar.

02:17It is a one acre land.

02:20The government is doing its best to take care of this land.

02:26The government is doing its best to take care of this land.

02:33The farmers of Shanti Sagar had a lot of problems.

02:37Even the animals, plants, plants, and people living in the area were affected by the flood.

02:46The government is doing its best to take care of this land.

02:51It has never affected us in a shared manner.

02:57It has always affected us.

02:59The land was in a dead storage condition.

03:02It was a gift to the farmers.

03:05The farmer's livelihood is dependent on the lake.

03:11There are 6000 farmers in this part of the country.

03:16It's all thanks to Varadhana.