Harish Halemane

Harish Halemane
The forgotten Madakas of southern India
A book on traditional water harvesting system of coastal Karnataka by Harish Halemane.
Posted on 20 Feb, 2014 11:56 PM

Madakas are manmade structures for storing rainwater that was abundantly prevalent in Kasargod District of Kerala. Pallas on the contrary, were similar structures but not man made. Pallas and Madakas met the water requirements of the settlements around these structures. 
Madakas and Pallas of Southern India
Suranga: A sustainable water resource - Paper presented at the National Seminar on Water and Culture (2007)
Surangas, an ancient drinking water system on the slopes of the hills, now nearly extinct
Posted on 30 Jan, 2011 02:18 PM

This paper explores Surangas, which are an ancient water system based on tunnels bored horizontally on the slopes of hills to get drinking water. These structures are mainly found in the laterite soils of Dakshina Kannada region and some parts of Kerala and Goa.

Waternama - a collection of traditional practices of water conservation and harvesting in Karnataka
The book produced by Communication for Development and Learning details traditional practices for water conservation and management in Karnataka
Vatsala Iyengar
Dr. S.T. Somashekara Reddy
Chandrasekhar Etadka
Sumangala
H.A.Purushottam Rao
Shylaja D.R
Poornaprajna Belur
Renuka Manjunath
Radhakrishna S. Badti
Ravishankar Doddamani
Ravindra Bhatta Inokai
Ghanadhalu Srikanta
Ananda Thirtha Pyati
Sripada Joshi
A.M. Veeresh
C.R. Nagendra Prasad
Mallikarjuna Hosapalya
Poornima K.K.
Posted on 08 May, 2009 05:16 PM

Waternama is a collection of traditional practices for water conservation and management in Karnataka. The book is produced by Communication for Development and Learning and edited by Sandhya Iyengar.
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