The artificial ice pyramids saving India's mountain villages

Himalayan villages are creating artificial glaciers to guarantee water for their crops in the spring.

The artificial ice pyramids saving India's mountain villages

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“Because traditional water systems are failing, Leh-Ladakh has become a hub for innovative, grassroots hydraulic engineering,” says Murtaza Ali, executive engineer in the Irrigation and Flood Control Division, at the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council.

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