I have been growing rice on six acres of land for over 20 years in Tripuraram village in Telangana’s Nalgonda district, with traditional method of paddy cultivation. Along with extensive water consumption, which posed various other challenges like labour shortage and high labour cost for manually transplanting seedlings. Additionally, maintaining a constant water level in the field until harvest was a challenge. Each summer is hotter and water scarcity in our region is becoming a real problem affecting agricultural production and the lives of local citizens. Starting with one acre of land in 2022, and witnessing the benefits of DSR, I have expanded the practice to all six acres of her land as well as four acres of my brother’s land. This transition helped me save Rs 60,000 per year just in labour costs and significant reduction on water consumption.​