Rainwater Harvesting  

This mosque, named Madina Masjid, is underway in Jaipur’s Nahari Ka Naka region. Once completed, it will showcase India’s exquisite craftsmanship and artistry. Moreover, it will also feature solar panels and rainwater harvesting systems.

In the year 2017, Shipra Pathak, famously known as ‘Water Woman,’ left everything behind to devote herself to the cause of water conservation. Remarkably, she has already planted 15 lakh saplings. She aims to plant a total of 1 crore saplings across India.

Some 15 years ago, Nand Kishore Verma had the opportunity of meeting Sunderlal Bahuguna, a renowned environmentalist and key figure in the Chipko movement, at a book fair in Lucknow. Inspired by him, he gave up his second means of income and gained knowledge about water and environmental protection. In 2021, he was honoured with the ‘National Water Hero’ award.

In the last 16 years, Mahendra Modi, a former IPS officer, has developed 8 models, one of which has been patented. This system features a tank that can store water in multi-storey buildings without wasting any electricity. Additionally, it can also save groundwater, and the need for an RO system is eliminated.

Tamil Nadu chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami, in a video, appealed to the people of the state to save rainwater by reminding them about the rainwater harvesting (RWH) scheme guided in by former chief minister J Jayalalithaa

Work on the first phase of the five phases of the Jal Shakti Abhiyan is about to begin with chairman, RK Kashyap inspecting Punjab in order to install facilities such as rainwater harvesting and drip irrigation.
 

The rainwater harvesting system developed by Col Nandu Kumar, hailing from Bengaluru, is not patented and anybody can try it. One unit just costs about Rs 1,000

Rampant concretisation in cities and unchecked use of groundwater have depleted the groundwater so much that the garden city of Bengaluru might soon turn into a Chennai.

 

In his first presentation before the Niti Aayog, Goa chief minister Pramod Sawant spoke about rainwater harvesting and conservation as his government’s prime focus
 

The National War Memorial was approved by the Modi government in October 2015 and had a budget of Rs 176 crore. Located at India Gate C-Hexagon, the NWM apart from having artificial lighting for evenings will also have a walking plaza and a 14 lakh litre water storage tank for rainwater harvesting.