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 harvesting practices have been modified depending upon the domestic and irrigation needs of the local community. This section is a glance at such improvisations initiated by the communities in different parts of the country.

 
1. Trans-Himalayan Region
 
Trans-Himalayan Region
Artificial Glaciers
 
2. Thar Desert
 
Thar Desert
Nadis
Polymer kundis
 
3. Central Highlands
 
Central Highlands
Chaukas
 
4. Eastern Highlands
 
Eastern Highlands
Jaldhar model
 
5. Deccan Plateau
 
Deccan Plateau
Tudum/monga
Networking of farm ponds
 
6. Eastern Coastal Plains
 
Eastern Coastal Plains
Horizontal roughening filters

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AT A GLANCE
SEE ALSO
No water
Water war
Look up!
How to harvest
    In rural areas
 n In urban areas
Jal yodhas
Way ahead
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