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The second raincentre in India has been launched in Meerut on 25 July, 2004. CSE collaborated with Janhit Foundation, a Meerut based NGO to set up this centre which features different aspects and techniques of traditional and modern rainwater harvesting.
TRADITIONAL Water has been harvested in India since antiquity, with our ancestors perfecting the art of water management. Many water harvesting structures and water conveyance systems specific to the eco-regions and culture has been developed.
Traditional Zing Kul Naula Kuhl Khatri Apatani Zabo Cheo-oziihi Bamboo-drip irrigation Dongs Dungs Ahar-pyne Bengal's Inundation channels Dighis Baolis Kunds Kuis Baoris Jhalaras Nadi Tobas Tankas Khadins Vav Virdas Talab Saza kuva Johads Bandh Pat Rapat Chandela Tank Bundela Tank Katas Cheruvu Kohli tanks Bhandaras Phad Kere The Ramtek Model Surangam Korambu Eri Ooranis Jackells Contemporary: Artificial Glaciers Nadis Polymer Kundis Chaukas Jaldhar Model Tudum Monga Netorking of Farm Ponds Horizontal Roughening Filter
Community based rainwater harvesting - the paradigm of the past - has in it as much strength as it ever did before. A survey conducted by CSE of several drought-struck villages found that those which had undertaken rainwater harvesting and/or watershed development in earlier years had no drinking water problem whatsoever and even had some water to irrigate their crops.