Question

how didi the spread of electricity helped farmers in palampur ?

Answer 1

In the village of Palampur: Most of the houses have electric connections. The main reason why farmers are able to grow three different crops in a year in Palampur is due to the well-developed system of irrigation. Electricity powers all the tubewells in the fields . Electricity came early to Palampur. Its major impact was to transform the system of irrigation. The first few tubewells were installed by the government. Soon, however, farmers started setting up private tubewells.