Question

Name any two water harvesting method in Sikkim.​

Answer 1

Answer:

In Sikkim, over 80% of the rural households depend on dhara for drinking water. Two of the state's four districts, West Sikkim and South Sikkim, are rain shadow and, thus, drought prone....Water from the stream is piped to the village and stored in a tank, from where it is distributed to households.

Answer 2

Explanation:

• The trenches are a way of ensuring our water security during the summer months when we face acute shortage, and have to walk long distances to fetch drinking water.
• Water from the stream is piped to the village and stored in a tank, from where it is distributed to households.
• Each trench is about six feet across and over two feet deep. “A series of trenches along hill slopes hold rainwater and recharge our aquifers which revive our dhara and khola,