That was a marvelous presentation. Thanks. As Mr. Anupam Mishra rightly pointed out the kind / style of water harvesting done in those areas may not be applicable to other parts of India as well. But there should have been ways through which water would have been harvested in other parts as well.
Probably Chola Naadu had loooooooooot of water Thanks to Ponni (Cauvery) or water harvesting done in Chola Naadu as well.
~ Udanx
On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 3:18 AM, Katherine Brobeck
Even though the ponds / wells are de-silted all the source through which they get the water are taken care (Read blocked) and the lake / pond goes dry and after few years the lands are sold for the so called development.
The huge lake @ Kaarapakkam chennai where we have the TCS office is supposed to be a huge lake. How many of you have travelled in that route. Garbage has been dumped in that lake for ages ...
A couple of decades back, the ground water level was at max 10 feet deep. Any well will fetch water at 10 to 20 feet. A decade back, 200-300 feet borewells came into existence and today even at 500 feet its difficult to find water. If this was case 20 years back, 1000 years back, probably water was there at 5 feet.
But if we notice any old 1000 year old temples, we can see well designed water channels that collect water and led them to the temple 'tank'. Even though water was not scarce, our ancestors knew how to conserve them.