Pratibha Deshpande

Khazana Bawali - Historical wisdom needing protection - Paper presented at the National Seminar on Water and Culture (2007)

The loss of ancient knowledge: the Kazana Bawali lost to the want or urbanization or sheer callousness

Posted on 14 Feb, 2011 03:57 AM

This paper presents the case of Khazana Bawali - a large ancient well that irrigated around 1000 acres in the past but is now in disrepair. The well is about 20 metres in diameter which stores rainwater from the neighbouring hills. The water is brought through underground tunnels that have ventilators at regular intervals to ensure fresh air and also to help in its manual cleaning. This well today irrigates only about 525 acres. It was built by the Jagirdar of Beed in 1582.

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