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Colony residents take up rain harvestingChitra Saikumar
The residents built the rainwater harvesting pits without seeking government’s assistance. The government has promised to extend its help in rain water harvesting. Rainwater harvesting is the accumulation of rainwater collected on roof tops and elsewhere, which is then redirected to borewells and tanks, to be used as drinking water and for other purposes.
Hyderabad: With the onset of monsoon in the State, the residents of Telecom Colony at Trimulgherry have set up rainwater harvesting pits to recharge their borewells.
The residents built the rainwater harvesting pits without seeking government’s assistance. The government has promised to extend its help in rain water harvesting.
Rainwater harvesting is the accumulation of rainwater collected on roof tops and elsewhere, which is then redirected to borewells and tanks, to be used as drinking water and for other purposes.
In most cases, people redirect the water to their borewells.Recently, the city witnessed a severe water crisis with most of the borewells drying up. Luckily, rainwater harvesting has come in handy for most people.
Secretary of Telecom Colony Residents Association Sujatha, said around 20 people in the colony had taken the initiative and built rainwater harvesting pits.
Recently, on the World Environment Day, officials of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation(GHMC) visited us and told us about the importance of having rainwater harvesting pits in households,” she said. According to the residents, each pit cost them approximately Rs 20,000.
A house owner Jaya Lakshmi said they used concrete stones and sand layers with a wide mesh (4x4) to set up the pit. “For rainwater to be stored, a one-and-a-half foot pit should be dug. A passage is then created for the water collected at the rooftop and surroundings to enter the pit,” she said.
Some of the residents are also using the harvested water as drinking water by treating water in water
purifiers.
“We use this water for bathing and washing utensils and clothes. Whenever there is a scarcity of drinking water, we use this water after purifying it in a water purifiers,” said Kiran Kumar, a resident.
“It’s been one year since we have constructed a harvesting pit and it has been extremely helpful to us thanks to the recent unexpected rains,” said Prashant, another resident.
Ramakanth from the same locality, whose house is under construction, said he had taken the initiative to set up a harvesting pit, so that it would help him conserve water for future use.
By:Chitra Saikumar
