Saqiya - ancient irrigation method in the rural regions

            The Saqiya [or locally called Arahattaghatiyanta] is a piece of brilliant pre-industrial irrigation technology (dates from at least 1500 AD) which consists of a vertical wheel geared to a horizontal wheel which is slung with a chain of buckets and powered by donkeys, mules or oxen.  The buckets affixed to the rope travel down into a well and draw the water to the apex of the wheel where it pours into a trough then through a series of channels into the farmer's fields.
   

Taken on: March 28, 2012

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Sets appears in: • Incredible India - Rajasthan - March 2012

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