In pockets of Rajasthan state, India, one of the oldest forms of lifting water from wells for irrigation using animal draft power still remains. This is called the ‘Chadas’, a tin drum with a leather snout attached in this case. Bullocks walking down an incline lift the water up from an 80-foot-deep well. With the arrival of electricity and diesel pumps, this millennia-old technology, a true water heritage, will disappear.
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Produced by: Zenrainman
Year: 2011
Language: Hindi, with English subtitles
