While Chennai faces severe water crisis, Mumbai has become a victim to incessant rainfall causing severe waterlogging issues. The roads are already flooded leading to traffic jams and disrupting everyday life. Cautionary updates are taking over the internet where people are spreading awareness regarding helpline numbers, opening their homes to those in need of shelter, and making lists of all the things required to survive this monsoon season.
Considering how global warming is to cause severe water crisis to the rest of the nation in the coming years, it is important that we start practising rainwater harvesting. And one man living in Mumbai is already willing to install rainwater harvesting systems absolutely free of cost in the city.
A Facebook post by a man named Subhajit Mukherjee has been going viral on the internet where he claims to be willing to install free rainwater harvesting systems across Mumbai. All he needs is a 4 by 4 feet area in schools across the city and the cooperation of people. All expenses are to be borne by him.
“The purpose is to create low-cost water harvesting units in every society connecting it to terrace water. What we need is a big drum, pipes connecting terrace water to the drum, Pit as per the drum size. And stones around the drum for the water to penetrate in the soil. The entire process takes 3 hours. Filter net is used to keep solid waste away from the drum. We can even take out water from the drum for usages like floor cleaning and car wash. This water can also be used for gardening purpose”, he writes.
Read his entire post here:
Later, he also posted a video explaining how the entire setup works.
Netizens are very much impressed by him and comments filled with appreciation for his work is taking over Facebook.
