More than 30,000 buildings in Vellore city are yet to install rainwater harvesting structures (RWH).

The
Vellore Corporation had intensified the implementation of the rainwater
harvesting structures system in the city since June 2013. Door-to-door
checks, seminars, meetings, mobile campaigns and awareness rallies were
held in the city, advising the general public to construct RWH
structures in all buildings.

Corporation town planning officer M
Kannan said, “There are a total of 93,504 buildings, including
residential and commercial ones, in the city. Of this, as many as 63,189
buildings had RWH structures. This constitutes 64.14 per cent of the
total buildings in the city.”

However, Kannan he said that the
drive had been intensified again to ensure that all buildings install
rainwater harvesting structures.

Corporation Commissioner P Janaki
Raveendran said that several steps had been taken by the Corporation 
to ensure the installation of rainwater harvesting structures system in
the buildings in the city, ahead of the rains. After the RWH systems
were installed, the Corporation posted stickers to identify the
buildings. This helped officials monitor implementation of the
programme, she added.