What is it?
Ahar Pynes
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Ahar pynes are traditional floodwater harvesting systems indigenous to South Bihar. |
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Ahar are reservoirs with embankments on three sides and are built at the end of drainage lines such as rivulets or artificial works like pynes. |
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Pynes are diversion channels led off from the river for irrigation purposes and for impounding water in the ahars. |