Question

Why are the state governments providing loans for the construction of new tanks?

Answer 1

• Tank is a source of irrigation where water is stored in artificially constructed reservoirs of any size. Often a tank is constructed across a slope so to collect and store water by taking advantage of local mounds and depressions.
  
• Tank irrigation requires less cost of construction and is very useful in areas where the relief is mostly of hard rock. Hence construction of more tanks help in overcoming shortage of water. That is why government is taking steps to improve tank irrigation by providing loans.