Samyuktha Kannan, a resident of Chennai, Tamil Nadu started a community garden in her locality after witnessing its success abroad. They grow a variety of flowering plants, vegetables, fruits and herbs.
The 15 pits have exponentially recharged the groundwater levels of the JRN colony as well as the neighbouring ones, conserving lakhs of litres of rainwater. Best part? Per pit costed not more than Rs 7,000.