Borewell or Not

[sachhi]

Dear All,
I have also completed digging borewell in my site @ L B Shastrinagar.Thanks to this forum for helping
me choose bore well contractors.I went by vinayaka borewell after reading few of the frens experience here and they
were perfetly right.Vinayaka Borewell people were really nice and responsible.He dint have a digger free hence he
had arranged the digging machine from S P Borewell to stick on to the comitted timeline!!!.He was on time and the
owner ( Mr.Dinesh) was very responsible .He was constantly following up with me on the status, although he had
sent an onsite manager to look after things
I got around 1 " yield, although was expecting more.However i have all the reasons to be happy as water source in L
B Shastrinagar area is very bad and felt lucky for not ending up with a dry borewell.We got the first source at around
150 ft and second one at 600+.On day1 i was very disspointed as i couldn't see any water flushing out and thought we
dint get any water.However borewell guy was constantly telling me that we already got 1/2-3/4" water which should
be good for your family.I still dint believe him. On day2 he had sked me to be there at site by 5:30 am.I went there
by 5:am and he started lowering the rods.First thing he said was " sir.....now you can see that i wasn't lying" n he
started flushing the water which was collected overnight.Around 1500litres of water suddenly flushed out and i was
very happy to see that.Finally we got around 1" of water and stopped at 740ft.We started getting silt and stopped at
740 as digging beyond silt would be waste.The mud might slide and close the borewell once we remove the
rods.This was told by the borewell guy himself and he forced me to stop digging, while i was constanly asking for
minimum of 850ft!!!.Thanks to him for educating me and finally convincng me to stop at 740!!!.We stopped at
740.

Total expenses were as below:
Borewell point Test ------------------------->700
Borewell Digging Labours tea+Bun------->250
Tips to labours & drivers------------------------>1600
Casing & welding cost ( 2.5 mm C class) --20650
Borewell Digging cost(740 ft) ----------------> 72000

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Total: 95,235 ( got 2k discount hence paid 93k .. )

Couple of things learnt ,if it can help others:
1) Def recommend Vinayak Borewlls ( Completely based on ONLY my exp with them. I dont know anything else
about them)
2) If you are not aware, the drilling rods are of 18.5ft each and NOT 20ft. Please make sure you know this while
calculating total depth ,as heard many will cheat saying its 20ft each!!.
3) Make sure you keep the drill operator happy to make him do little more than what he is just supposed to do....I
paid him 100 on day1 and 200 after finishing the work.Asked him to keep on flushing water as and when he finds a
water spurce , which atually make the craks open and clean allowing water to flow in.He did it 3-4 times on my
request where ever we felt there is a small watersource.

Stage 1 is done ,now stage 2 is to hunt for good contrators to construct my house.Appreciate any help on this.

Thanks again to all , feel free to contact me if you think my experince can help you.

-Regards
Sachin

[sun]

Thank u for sharing the details sachhi. Could u please share contact details of borewell digger? Just sent you a PM too...

[shivabda]

@sachin

Hi sachin , iam also planing to digging borewell in my site @ L B Shastrinagar (anjunapura 10th block)
water source in this area is very bad.. Still i have planned to go a head..

i will added Vinayak Borewlls to my list... Thanks

sachin pls let me know which block u site located... just give a hope for water source

Thanks
Shivaprasad

[sachhi]

@shivabda .. My site is in HAL/Old Airport Road L B Shatsri Nagar not near Anjanapu

[sun]

I had decided to go with the borewell in my 30x40 site in Kodichikkana Halli, near Vijaya Bank layout, south Bangalore. Obtained 3 different quotations from Kannan Borewells, Ganga Borewells and Vinayaka Borewells. All the quotes look similar when it comes to drilling cost, and 5-10 rupees difference in casing pipes.

I also submitted the application form to drill borewell at Kaveri Bhavan, and permission will be given to me by Wednesday this week. They just took Form# 1B, tax paid receipt and Khata along with challan of Rs. 500 paid to BWSSB.

Need help from the forum about sub-mercible pumps, how much it may cost for a 4 HP pump? Kannan borewell guys were insisting me to by a brand by the name Texmo, I haven’t heard of the brand yet!


Thank you

[vpbs_bak]

1. Are you sure the challan was for 500 (and not 50 ?)
2. Texmo is a decent local brand. 4HP/40 stage costs about 25K.
3. For borewell, drilling make sure the depth is accurate (you can browse the post on my experience and others) - make sure the drill rod are measured, if possible. When you count the rods and if you know each rod's length, you can find the actual drill depth. That's where some of the guys seem to cheat us and make money.

Good luck !

[sun]

Thanks vpbs_bak, at first I went with 50 rupee paid challan, she asked me to pay 450 extra in Canara bank near by. She said if there is a house already then its 50 rupee, or else its 500. I will take care about drill depth! thanks

[sun]

Tomorrow is the D day for me! Borewell drilling to start at 6 AM !! will keep forum posted about how it goes!

[biddappa_c_b]

all the best Sun...i too in the same process

[sun]

i got the borewell done! Uff!

I got water at 680 feet, around 2 inches. Borewell guy says its more than enough for domestic use! Now I am stuck at submercible pump that I need to put, and water testing that I need to do. Any suggestion please?