Wakel River Basin Project Flashcards
1
Q
What is the Wakel River Basin Project?
A
A local scheme to increase water supply
2
Q
What is a Taanka?
A
They collect and store rainwater, are cheap to maintain and can store up to 50,000 litres of water
3
Q
What is a Pat?
A
Divert river water to irrigate crops, low technology: made of stones and leaves
4
Q
What is a Johed?
A
They are small earth dams that collect rainwater, also raises the water table and prevents rivers drying up.
5
Q
Why did the do the Wakel River Basin Project?
A
Rajasthans arid climate and growing poor population resulted in unsustainable over abstraction of water from aquifers
6
Q
Where did the Wakel River Basin Project happen?
A
Rajasthan State, India
