India is turning to ancient water systems as modern ones run dry

Ancient structures In recent years, India is increasingly looking to revive ancient water structures as a way to help address the country's looming water crisis.

Water scarcity and climate change is driving communities to restore traditional water structures built centuries ago, bringing them back into use in the 21st Century.

The pilot project he set up worked almost immediately: when the 1986 monsoon arrived, the restored johad filled, and within the same season, wells across Gopalpura that had been dry for years had water again.