(iv) Repair of inner bunds, clearing and levelling of fields After ploughing, the paddy fields are cleared by removing the rotten weed particles and other waste materials. Then the field is subdivided into small plots by erecting inner bunds (idavarambu). These small bunds with one- foot height and one to one and a half feet thickness are made up of mud taken from the field itself. In early days green leaves and shrubs had been used to strengthen the inner bunds. After the construction of inner bunds each plot inside these bunds is levelled using wooden planks called njavari.
