The Hindu 14.06.2013
‘Go for rainwater harvesting’
The GHMC has once again appealed to the citizens to
avail themselves of its offer of funding 50 per cent cost of Rain Water
Harvesting Structures (RWHS) in individual residences/apartment
complexes and 70 per cent cost for structures taken up in public spaces
inside colonies.
Technical assistance will also be
provided for building these structures expected to cost between Rs.5,000
and Rs.11,000 for regular sized ones. Interested colony welfare
associations or apartment associations can contact the respective deputy
municipal commissioners in the local circle offices for taking up RWHS.
West
Zone Commissioner S. Aleem Basha told presspersons during a tour of the
area to study RWHS that tenders have been called for grounding 1,000
RWHS in the area and last year as many as 1,700 of them were built. The
media team was taken to Hyderabad Central University (HCU) and a few
other colonies in the vicinity like Gul Mohur Colony, Lakshminagar,
Gachibowli, and others where several RWHS were built or are under
construction.
Showing the way
Yet,
Gul Mohur Colony residents are showing the way for rest of the colonies
to emulate. Of the 500 houses spread across 40 acres, the place has 200
RWHS built by the owners and 10 more by the civic body. Similarly,
Lakshminagar residents too have constructed 70 RWHS on their own .
Corporation offers to fund 50 p.c. cost in individual house/apartments and 70 p.c. in public spaces inside colonies.
