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Yeah this is great... In 1700 India had a population ~127 million people. In 1200 it was certainly much Lowe than that. Is the claim that this ancient technolo

Yeah this is great... In 1700 India had a population ~127 million people. In 1200 it was certainly much Lowe than that. Is the claim that this ancient technology would solve all of India's water problems for 1+ billion people?

themartorana 11y ago
No? I'm pretty sure the article was more about the amazing architecture (see: pictures) and it may help with water retention for small amounts of the population. It's no silver bullet.
jsudhams 11y ago
Yes, but any amout on water saving before it goes to ocean will help us. I am not seeing any less rain (observation) but definitely the ponds and lakes in villages and city like bangalure has come down to about 1/4th now
- cubancigar11 11y ago
  Yes absolutely. Chennai used to be called a city of lakes, and now even Pallikaranai[1] is seeing disastrous development. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pallikaranai_wetland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pallikaranai_wetland
  - jsudhams 11y ago
    Chennai is a classic dead case. That city could have been maintained like London with water ways and road ways. Now they completely forgot about even tap water. Based on Thirukkural[1] if there was one thing that king/ruler should do that would be providing water to citizens free. It is very sad. [1] http://www.gokulnath.com/thirukuralsections http://www.gokulnath.com/thirukuralsections
    - cubancigar11 11y ago
      The old water ways built by British have turned into dumpyards over which poor people have built bridges of wooden planks and they live their. Mismanagement of resources at its finest.
  - Luyt 11y ago
    "Indiscriminate dumping of toxic solid waste along the road, discharge of sewage, and construction of buildings, railway stations and a new road to connect Old Mahabhalipuram Road and Pallavaram have shrunk the wetland to a great extent."

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Yeah this is great... In 1700 India had a population ~127 million people. In 1200 it was certainly much Lowe than that. Is the claim that this ancient technolo

by xenadu02 11y ago

themartorana 11y ago
No? I'm pretty sure the article was more about the amazing architecture (see: pictures) and it may help with water retention for small amounts of the population. It's no silver bullet.
jsudhams 11y ago
Yes, but any amout on water saving before it goes to ocean will help us. I am not seeing any less rain (observation) but definitely the ponds and lakes in villages and city like bangalure has come down to about 1/4th now
- cubancigar11 11y ago
  Yes absolutely. Chennai used to be called a city of lakes, and now even Pallikaranai[1] is seeing disastrous development. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pallikaranai_wetland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pallikaranai_wetland
  - jsudhams 11y ago
    Chennai is a classic dead case. That city could have been maintained like London with water ways and road ways. Now they completely forgot about even tap water. Based on Thirukkural[1] if there was one thing that king/ruler should do that would be providing water to citizens free. It is very sad. [1] http://www.gokulnath.com/thirukuralsections http://www.gokulnath.com/thirukuralsections
    - cubancigar11 11y ago
      The old water ways built by British have turned into dumpyards over which poor people have built bridges of wooden planks and they live their. Mismanagement of resources at its finest.
  - Luyt 11y ago
    "Indiscriminate dumping of toxic solid waste along the road, discharge of sewage, and construction of buildings, railway stations and a new road to connect Old Mahabhalipuram Road and Pallavaram have shrunk the wetland to a great extent."