Rural water harvesting It is heartening to see the revival of traditional water harvesting systems in various ecological zones of India. Communities in the face of adversity have revived or created new... |
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TRANS-HIMALAYAN REGION Artificial Glaciers A great example of how decentralised approaches to water harvesting boost innovation comes from Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir. Chewang Norphel , reti... |
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MANDLIKPUR: Rajkot, Gujarat Population: 3,000 Initiation of water harvesting: 1993 Villagers of Mandlikpur have benefited from well water recharging and check dams. In 1993, this village began rec... |
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Bhuj Bhuj, a town in the Kutch district, was a walled city in the past. But today only remnants of the city wall can be seen. There were once three large tanks in the town - Hamirsar, t... |
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CONTEMPORARY Civil society institutions and government agencies are increasingly taking up water harvesting projects in rural areas. There had been many initiatives where the traditional water harvestin... |
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More of Contemporary Practices A look at some of the common practices adopted to harvest rain... Check dams A check dam is generally constructed on small streams and long gullies formed by the erosive... |
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Catch Water October - November 2002 Onikeri village, Dakshin Kannada, Karnataka By using abundantly available local materials like bamboo and areca nut (supari) husk, farmers of Onikeri village, Dakshi... |
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GANDHIGRAM: Kachchh, Gujarat Population: 400 Initiation of water harvesting: 1995 Gandhigram is today experiencing reverse migration. "When I learnt our village has enough water and agricultur... |
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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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Raj Samadhiyala, Rajkot District, Gujarat Population: 2,000 Initiation of water harvesting: 1986 Water is a major agent of change in this village. Hardevsingh Jadeja , the former sarpanch and th... |
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