rainwater conservation

A Bengaluru resident’s simple rainwater harvesting system is helping apartment complexes cut up to Rs 1 lakh in monthly water tanker bills, recharge groundwater, and inspire over 200 communities to adopt sustainable water solutions.

Drought to floods, Chennai has been experiencing both. But this team of changemakers from IIT Madras, Care Earth Trust, Madras Terrace Architects and more are working on some unique solutions for its water woes.

Ulhas Paranjpe has a simple question to ask—”If a Mumbai citizen & industries can get enough water all year round, why can’t a farmer?”

With bricks from a demolished site and second-hand tiles, furniture and teakwood, the house is a lesson to us all!