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Chewang Norphel

Shri Chewang Norphel

  • 2010
  • Jamnalal Bajaj Award for Application of Science and Technology for Rural Development
Shri Chewang Norphel is better known as Ladakh’s glacier man, who makes artificial glaciers in winter so that villagers can get water in summer, for their fields. Norphel’s innovation came from the fact that the water in the mountain streams generally goes waste in winters, because no crops are possible.The artificial glacier is an intricate network of water channels and dams along the upper slope of the valley at altitudes ranging from 1400 ft and above. The glacial run off .... Read More