The
Karez system of water harvesting in the arid zone of Balochistan, the Rodkohi system in western and southern Punjab, water ponds in most of rural Pakistan, especially the Potohar region, community canals and water channels alongside river systems are some of the centuries-old indigenously developed and practiced systems suited for adaptation to low water situations.
Since tube wells replaced the old
karez system and water wells, the region is moving towards devastation.
Around 26 Heritage sites also on the tentative list of UNESCO including Badshahi Mosque, Wazir Khan's Mosque, Rani Kot Fort, Rehman Dheri, Mansehra Rock edicts, Baltit fort, Port of Banbhore, Shahbazgarhi rock edicts, Derawar and the desert forts of Cholistan, Archeological sites of Harappa, Ranigat, Tomb of Shah Rukn-e-Alam, Nagarparker Cultural landscape, Deosai National Park, Ziarat Juniper forest,
Karez System Cultural landscape, The salt range and Khewra salt mine, Hiran Minar, Shah Jahan Mosque Thatta, Mehrgarh Archeological site, tomb of Jahangir and Chaukhandi tomb.
Up until the 1970s, Quetta used the
karez system to irrigate its farmland.
He gave the example of the
Karez system in Balochistan which survived for two thousand years but is now being destroyed by the advent of tube wells and other modern systems.
The enemies used bunkers and an intricate
karez system to attack the Marines.
Add to that the collapse of the ancient underground water cisterns--known as the
karez system, frequent droughts, the receding snow melt from the Hindu Kush, and an insurgency that now sees control of water as a weapon and the prospects for a stable and flourishing agrarian society as Afghanistan moves to transition in 2014, look grim indeed.
It is accessed through a series of underground tunnels known as a
karez system (Figure 1).
There were several areas in the north inside streambeds, areas to the west around the
karez system, and south in an orchard (see diagram) that could not be observed.
Most importantly, they need a series of small check dams to recharge their groundwater and revive their ancient
karez system.
Around 26 heritage sites also on the tentative list of UNESCO, including Badshahi Mosque, Wazir Khan's Mosque, Rani Kot Fort, Rehman Dheri, Mansehra Rock edicts, Baltit Fort, Port of Banbhore, Shahbazgarhi rock edicts, Derawar and the desert forts of Cholistan.Archeological sites of Harappa, Ranigat, Tomb of Shah Rukn-e-Alam, Nagarparker cultural landscape, Deosai National Park, Ziarat Juniper forest,
Karez system cultural landscape, the salt range and Khewra salt mine, Hiran Minar, Shah Jahan Mosque Thatta, Mehrgarh archeological site, tomb of Jahangir and Chaukhandi tomb also included in the list.