CENTRAL HIGHLANDS Laporiya's integrated approach harness rain for both domestic and commercial purposes while, enriching region's ecological health. So, convinced are they about the streng... |
|
Artificial Glaciers A great example of how decentralised approaches to water harvesting boost innovation comes from Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir. Chewang Norphel , retired engineer of the department of ... |
|
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... |
|
Selvanayagapuram and Merukukottakudi villges, Ramanathapuram district, Tamil Nadu When modern water supply methods failed to deliver water to villages in Ramanathapuram district, water from renovat... |
|
A forest in trust Krushak Charcha Mandal, Sayagata village, Chandrapur district, Maharashtra Total area 514 ha Forest area 272.38 ha Population 430 Suryabhan Khorbade (... |
|
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... |
|
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... |
|
NORTH-EASTERN HIMALAYA Zabo The zabo (the word means 'impounding run-off') system is practiced in Nagaland in north-eastern India. Also known as the ruza system, it combines water conservatio... |
|
Tankas Tankas (small tank) are underground tanks, found traditionally in most Bikaner houses. They are built in the main house or in the courtyard. They were circular holes made in the ground, lined wit... |
|
Bhaonta-Kolyala village, Alwar district, Rajasthan Total area 1,200 ha Population 566 Number of water harvesting structures 15 Number of wells 25 Dhanna Baba, on... |
|
More results for 'rural areas'.
|