The canoe required twenty men to carry it over dry land and was not suitable for exploration work on account of its lack of durability.
An article from 1954 bolstered the argument by stating that the islands had once been connected to the mainland by dry land.
However, not all of the dry land is suitable for habitation.
This is the economic rationale for the watershed development program in dry land areas, promoting equity in access to water resources.
This area, known as 'dry land area' could be irrigated only by groundwater.
For instance, soft wheat is produced in both irrigated and in dry land areas, and in different regions of the country.
The dry land was double cropped - using rainfall and well water.
It was not always dry land where we dwell.