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Poverty reduction approach in South Asia: Rejuvenating centuries old water bodies to improve rural livelihoods, A case of Karnataka state, India

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Title Poverty reduction approach in South Asia: Rejuvenating centuries old water bodies to improve rural livelihoods, A case of Karnataka state, India
 
Creator Raju, K V
Gaur, A
Wani, S P
 
Subject Others
Watershed management
 
Description South Asian countries are endowed with large numbers of village tanks, which serve as huge reservoirs.
The inherent network of natural water streams and canals in the command areas connect these tanks
to supply water to agricultural fields. People in the rural areas use these tanks to harvest and store
monsoon rainwater for multiple uses which include agriculture, livestock, fishing, domestic use and
recharge of domestic drinking wells. Most of these tanks were built between the 3rd century B.C.E.
and the 12th century C.E. Later, improved designs were used to construct these tanks. Over the last
few decades, several Indian states have made enormous efforts to rejuvenate these tanks by involving
local user groups. This paper, reviews the traditional water bodies in South Asia, describes tanks and
their dimensions in the Indian context and analyzes the community based approach adopted in the
State of Karnataka in South India. It reviews the status, main components of design, execution, key
achievements, impacts, benefits and critical lessons learnt.
 
Publisher ICRISAT
 
Date 2015
 
Type Monograph
NonPeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Raju, K V and Gaur, A and Wani, S P (2015) Poverty reduction approach in South Asia: Rejuvenating centuries old water bodies to improve rural livelihoods, A case of Karnataka state, India. Monograph. ICRISAT, Patancheru, Telangana, India.