| CENTRAL HIGHLANDS Talab / Bandhis Talabs a re reservoirs. They may be natural, such as the ponds (pokhariyan) at Tikamgarh in the Bundelkhand region.... |
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| ... to the Indian sub-continent, given the delay in implementing plans to conserve natural resources, people prefer to depend on themselves. Jal Yodhas (Water warriors) ...... |
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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 marked slope -- 1 m per km -- from south to nort... |
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| 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 rainwater flows from the agar (catchment) and in the proce... |
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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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| Natural Building Books about Off-Grid Solutions. This is a small but growing collection of books devoted to natural building techniques and solutions for water and power supply and treatment. Will ... |
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| The Real Green Revolution-II: Ecological Poverty Rural environmental problems are very different. More than 2.5 billion people in developing countries live in rural areas. Of these, about one billion... |
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| ... water where it falls TRADITIONAL Indigenous systems MODERN Contempo ... |
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| Search The Potential The total amount of water that is received in the form of rainfall over an area is called the rainwater endowment of that area. Out of this, the amount that can be effe... |
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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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