ICE MAN OF INDIA: THE MAN WHO CREATES ARTIFICIAL GLACIERS TO MEET THE WATER NEEDS OF LADAKH Ladakh’s beautiful mountains might be a paradise for tourists, but ask the locals who have to struggle to meet their basic water needs every year. Chewang Norphel put his engineering skills to a better use and created artificial glaciers to provide water in this cold and dry mountainous region. Know more about his remarkably innovative technology and how it works. “People call me Ice Man,” Chewang Norphel, a 79-year-old civil engineer from Ladakh, India, says. For his whole life, Norphel has been living in a “land of high passes,” situated near major glaciers, and they became his true inspiration for innovations in water conversation.Back in 1987, Norphel invented artificial glaciers and started constructing massive dams in order to efficiently use the water gathered from melting ice. Being simple and low-cost projects, these inventions have changed lives of even the most skeptical farmers. 30 years ago, Norphel was laughed at and never taken seriously, but today he stands in front of the camera as a proud citizen, and a real climate hero. See more at: thebetterindia/14672/man-creates-artificial-glaciers-chewang-norphel-ladakh/#sthash.12tF3ynq.dpuf climateheroes.org/portfolio-item/chewang-norphel-ice-mans-dams-himalayas/ PHOTO: Peter Caton
Posted on: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 14:24:55 +0000
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