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Samuha Lagnas Dharampur

A list of photographs explaining the check dams


A check dam under construction.
Stones are spread on the stream-bed. Then they are covered with soil.
Then next layer of stone is covered with soil.
Like this, layer after layer is laid until the wall reaches the targeted height.
A check dam under construction.
A stream is “checked” or “blocked” by a wall connecting the two banks of the stream. Dam is built in summer time when the stream is dry.
As monsoon starts in June, water is filled in and a pond is built.
 
A stream checked by a dam. Water has started filling in.
 
Water flowing in the stream.
Pond is full. Excess water is flowing out from “Outflow” point.
 
Gavatka village checkdam with overflow point.
 
Makadban village – Water Used for Irrigation through Pump.
 
Virekshetra – Checkdam.
 
Lake built because of check dam at Aslona village.
 
Children swimming in a lake.
 
Dhakwal Dam children enjoying water.
 
Water overflows from a dam’s overflow point. Then a small canal – barely one foot wide and one foot deep – is made to direct the water in desired directions.
It can go as far as one kilometre and irrigate several hectares of land.

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