Question

Watershed management emphasises scientific soil and water
conservation in order to increase the biomass production. The aim is to
develop primary resources of land and water, to produce secondary
resources of plants and animals for use in a manner which will not cause
ecological imbalance. Watershed management not only increases the
production and income of the watershed community, but also mitigates
droughts and floods and increases the life of the downstream dam and
reservoirs. Various organisations have been working on rejuvenating
ancient systems of water harvesting as an alternative to the mega-projects
like dams. These communities have used hundreds of indigenous water
saving methods to capture every trickle of water that had fallen on their
land; dug small pits and lakes, put in place simple watershed systems,
built small earthen dams, constructed dykes, sand and limestone
reservoirs, set up rooftop water-collecting units. This has recharged
groundwater levels and even brought rivers back to life.
Water harvesting is an age-old concept in India. Khadins, tanks
and nadis in Rajasthan, bandharas and tals in Maharashtra, bundhis
in Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, ahars and pynes in Bihar,
kulhs in Himachal Pradesh, ponds in the Kandi belt of Jammu region,
and eris (tanks) in Tamil Nadu, surangams in Kerala, and kattas in
Karnataka are some of the ancient water harvesting, including water
conveyance, structures still in use today (see Fig. 16.3 for an
example). Water harvesting techniques are highly locale specific and
the benefits are also localised. Giving people control over their local
water resources ensures that mismanagement and over-exploitation
of these resources is reduced/removed.


Make 10 questions from this paragraph.

Answer 1

Your answer is Carbohydrates.

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