Top view of a Kui Paar system: Paar is a common water harvesting practice in the western Rajasthan region. It is a common place where the ...... |
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THAR DESERT Kunds / Kundis A kund or kundi looks like an upturned cup nestling in a saucer. These structures harvest rainwater for drinking, and dot the sandier tracts of the Thar Desert in w... |
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Sukhomajri Model Village In the early 1980s , the people of Sukhomajri village in Shivalik range of the Himalaya in Haryana's Ambala district earned nation-wide acclaim for the way in which the... |
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Ranapur, Dahod district, Gujarat: Mithia Badia Damore, a farmer from Ranapur village has irrigated five acres land out of total 24 acres owned by him. He is delighted, "Agricultural yield has g... |
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... District, Gujarat: MAHUDI: Dahod, Gujarat Population: 600 Initiation of water harvesting: 1992 Just four days of rain have given this village drinking ...... |
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Jhabua Government Works Two kinds of peop le live In the villages of Jhabua. a poor tribal district of Madhya Pradesh (MP). Those that saw the forest, and those that worked as migrant labour a few ... |
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INDO-GANGETIC PLAINS Ahar Pynes This traditional floodwater harvesting system is indigenous to south Bihar. In south Bihar, the terrain has a ...... |
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GANDHIGRAM: Kachchh, Gujarat Population: 400 Initiation of water harvesting: 1995 Gandhigram is today experiencing reverse migration. "When I learnt ...... |
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Tank management by DHAN foundation Mismanagement and neglect of more than 100,000 traditional tanks in the Deccan plateau have led to the severe shortage of water. To tackle this problem Development of... |
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DECCAN PLATEAU Cheruvu Cheruvu are found in Chitoor and Cuddapah districts in Andhra Pradesh. They are reservoirs to store runoff. Cheruvu embankments are fitted with thoomu (sluices), alugu or... |
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