Live
- Karnataka Reviews Lake Safety Ahead of Monsoon: Minister Bhosaraju Tells Upper House
- Udupi MP’s queries, More key highways on high-priority
- Investing in Skills: Education Loans Paving the Way for Career Success
- Ghaggar river’s two stretches identified as polluted: Govt
- ICC chief Jay Shah meets Brisbane 2032 Olympics organising committee CEO
- Oxford Grammar High School Celebrates 44th Annual Sports Day with Grandeur
- Indian banking sector’s health remains robust, govt policy working very well: Top bankers
- iOS 18.2 Unveiled: New Features with ChatGPT Integration Revolutionize Your iPhone
- 'Run for Viksit Rajasthan' to be annual event, says CM Sharma
- Nitish Kumar launches '109 free medicine vehicles' in Patna
Rain harvesting pits to be made must for houses?
The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation is planning to make rainwater harvesting pits compulsory for all the houses on 100 square metres.
​Hyderabad: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation is planning to make rainwater harvesting pits compulsory for all the houses on 100 square metres.
GHMC Commissioner Dr B Janardhan Reddy on Saturday held a review meeting with senior officials to discuss the proposal. He said a proposal was being sent to the State government to constitute a committee to study the proposal.
He said that the State government has the powers to issue orders making rainwater harvesting pits compulsory in all the houses.
The Commissioner said that Rs 3.17 crore was spent from 2008-2012 for the construction of 2,135 rainwater harvesting pits. Similarly, Rs 7.6 crore was spent from 2012-2014 for constructing 3,622 pits.
Janardhan Reddy said that the corporation would take up construction of 100 rainwater harvesting pits in each zone and two-year-old pits would be repaired.
