Mission Paani: Centuries-old water conservation practices in Nagaland ensure sufficient supply for daily use, agriculture
5 years, 8 months ago

Mission Paani: Centuries-old water conservation practices in Nagaland ensure sufficient supply for daily use, agriculture

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While water retention is a very difficult task in hilly regions, the northeast experiences extreme flooding in the monsoons and water scarcity during many of the non-rainy months. Guwahati: Some of the popular traditional practices of water conservation and management followed in the northeast are ‘Zabo’, ‘Cheo-ozihi’ and bamboo-drip irrigation. Zabo, meaning ‘impounding run-off water’, is a conservation system practised in the Phek region of Nagaland. Tribal farmers of the region developed a system for irrigation in which water from perennial springs is diverted to the terrace fields using varying sizes and shapes of bamboo pipes.

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