Alvina Bibi, a 35-year-old mother of six, lives in the village of Kili Surkhanuzai. Her days were exhausting, starting before dawn and stretching into the late hours of the night. Yet even with such ...

TARNEK WA JALDAK, Afghanistan - Subterranean aqueducts, or karez in Persian, have provided rural Afghan villages with water for centuries in a land perpetually challenged with poor resources. In many ...

In an arid country like Pakistan, water in the form of rivers, glaciers and groundwater is life – it is what gives us sustenance. When there is too little, we have droughts, and when there is too much ...

Permaculture instructor Andrew Millison documents the work of the Deccan Heritage Foundation aimed at restoring the Karez of ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Though hard to construct, difficult to maintain, and yet limited in scope, the karez irrigation system has been an integral part of ...

Qasabeh ‘qanat’ (karez) underground water system is located in Gonabad, Southern Khorasan Province. It is among the wonders of the history of civilization. It is one of the deepest wills ever to be ...

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Bidar: It was one of his last initiatives as Bidar Deputy Commissioner before he was transferred and later found dead in Lucknow. Thanks to the late IAS officer, Anurag Tewari, Bidar has almost ...

Academics and civil engineers stressed upon the need to conserve ancient Karez water systems — long, underground aqueduct with several vertical open-wells connecting it — that were built in the past ...

Karez are traditional water canals in Northern Iraq. Facing a severe drought, Northern Iraqi governorates depend on this ancient water network that enables them to use ground water resources. With the ...

Visitors line up to enter a scenic spot with the Karez system in Turpan, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, in June (LIU JIAN / FOR CHINA DAILY) Another four ancient Chinese irrigation projects have ...

Although not as widely known as the Great Wall, the karez – and its vast maze of underground tunnels – is one of China’s most recognized ancient engineering feats. The air here has a matte gold colour ...