> Traditional Knowledge

Surveying underground water
: 483 \| : Traditional Knowledge \| : Honey Bee Practices

:
The Kela tribe lives in western and southern Orissa. They are professional well diggers. The tribe knows the art of surveying underground water. A specially formed iron rod with a sharp edge at one of the ends is used. The leader of the Kela tribe pushes the iron rod upto one and a half feet into the ground. Then he takes out the iron rod and tastes the soil particles clinging to the tip of the rod. If the soil tastes saline, then the underground water will be sweet and vice versa. Accordingly, the location of the well is decided. (It needs to be verified: Ed.)There are varied opinions on such practices. Known as divining or dowsing, such methods were used for locating veins of mineral ore in Germany. A twig known as the wishing rod was used (www. healthyand wise.co.uk/dowsing_site.htm)For more on methods of finding suitable places for digging wells see HB 8 (3):9, 1997
:	Honey Bee, 15(2):15 , 2004
:	15211



:*

:*

:

:

:*

:*



SRISTI Library
Honey Bee Practices
CPRI Institutions
Techpedia
Bibliography

	Workshop on \'Traditional water management and sanitation in Gujarat\'...
Professor Anil Gupta welcomed all the participants for the workshop on \'Traditional water management and sanitation in Gujarat\' organized at IIM campus on 31st December 2010. He gave a brief about the aim of organizing this workshop. He emphasized upon the need of conserving every single drop of water and conveyed the message ...