Green Ideas

Urban cities in India are facing dual problems. Firstly they face acute shortage of water during first half of year and then there is flooding of streets during rainy seasons due to improper and inadequate drainage system. Some cities in India like New Delhi, Bangalore have incorporated rain harvesting policies in their state policies. However what remains a fact is that rain water harvesting is not widely acknowledged across most other major cities. The ill-organized drainage systems do not trap surface water and most of the surface water flows into drains and therefore there is not much recharging of the under-ground water.

Rain water harvesting comes with many benefits
1.    Provides ideal solution in places where the ground water level is low or there is inadequate surface resources to trap the ground water.
2.    Reduces urban flooding
3.    Improves quality of ground water
4.    Prevents water stagnation
5.    Prevents wastage of water
6.    Improves plant growth

Mentioned below are few low-cost measures which would cost just a few thousand rupees which is quite affordable for urban citizens-
1.    Bore wells
2.    Pits
3.    Trenches
4.    Dug wells
5.    Water Tanks

The image below shows a simple way of harvesting rain water

Go green. Save water. Harvest Rain water