Nature bestows us with so many gifts still why do we feel there is shortage of resources ---Is it nature's fault or humanly acts??
The most endowed is sometimes forecasted or the hardly foretold --- rainfall!!. The average annual rainfall received by India is between 750 and 1500 milliliters. Today, after lot of bigshot introspection comes the age old ancestral solution of rain water storage and harvesting!!
The process is quite simple one making a huge difference---I just learnt it today from the workers making one in my hostel.
Dig a pit depending upon the storage requirement. Cover the sides with brick and cement to give a smooth finish. From the terrace to the pit, fit pipes crawling from the outside of the wall. As rain falls, the water flows in from the pipes and gets stored in the dug pit. A rain water filter is attached which cleans the water as it gets collected. The stored water can be used for washing clothes and other industral purpose but is not recommended for drinking.
The starting investment is usually Rs. 20,000 and depends upon the size of pit and usage of pipes.
It has been made mandatory by the Karnataka govt. for every owner or occupier of a building having sital area of not less than 2400 sq feet or every owner who proposes to construct a building on a sital area of not less than 1200sq feet.
Finally, after year long discussions and analysis, a common sense solution is understood by the masses!!
The most endowed is sometimes forecasted or the hardly foretold --- rainfall!!. The average annual rainfall received by India is between 750 and 1500 milliliters. Today, after lot of bigshot introspection comes the age old ancestral solution of rain water storage and harvesting!!
The process is quite simple one making a huge difference---I just learnt it today from the workers making one in my hostel.
Dig a pit depending upon the storage requirement. Cover the sides with brick and cement to give a smooth finish. From the terrace to the pit, fit pipes crawling from the outside of the wall. As rain falls, the water flows in from the pipes and gets stored in the dug pit. A rain water filter is attached which cleans the water as it gets collected. The stored water can be used for washing clothes and other industral purpose but is not recommended for drinking.
The starting investment is usually Rs. 20,000 and depends upon the size of pit and usage of pipes.
It has been made mandatory by the Karnataka govt. for every owner or occupier of a building having sital area of not less than 2400 sq feet or every owner who proposes to construct a building on a sital area of not less than 1200sq feet.
Finally, after year long discussions and analysis, a common sense solution is understood by the masses!!
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