: In MP’s Burhanpur, Mughal era water structures are offering a model to combat climate change #IndiaNEWS Burhanpur, an ancient city of central India’s Madhya Pradesh, was until recently facing a

@IndiaNEWS

Posted in: #IndiaNEWS

In MP’s Burhanpur, Mughal era water structures are offering a model to combat climate change #IndiaNEWS
Burhanpur, an ancient city of central India’s Madhya Pradesh, was until recently facing a water crisis. But now, with a few water-related interventions, Burhanpur is changing its destiny.The city, which once served as the Deccan headquarters of the Mughals, is on the banks of river Tapti and has many ancient structures, including a unique 400-year-old underground water harvesting system. Despite its location and heritage, water was a scarce resource for the residents over the past few years. Lining up every day to fetch water and waiting for long hours for water tankers had become a common occurrence for the people.Rapid urbanisation and the effects of climate change led to the scarcity of water in Burhanpur. The city was among ten water vulnerable districts of Madhya Pradesh according to climate change vulnerability assessment report released for the state in the year 2016-’17. Madhya Pradesh has also been listed as “moderately vulnerable� in the Climate Vulnerability Assessment for Adaptation Planning report released in 2019-2020.This year, things changed with regard to water access. The city has become the first district in Madhya Pradesh to have a functional tap-water connection in almost every household (99.95%). Out of 1,01,952 households, 1,01,905 now have water connection in the district, according to...Read more

Intraday stocks under 50 NSE India Twitter of India

Vote Up Vote Down

Login to post a comment!