The Hindu 21.06.2013
‘Harvest rainwater’
Thanjavur Municipal Chairperson Savithiri Gopal has
appealed to the people to create rainwater harvesting structures in
their houses.
Speaking at a meeting held at
Keelavasal to create awareness among people about the importance of
rainwater harvesting on Thursday, Ms. Gopal said that groundwater was
depleting at an alarming rate.
The municipality would extend all help to people in building rainwater harvesting system.
N.
Ravichandran, Municipal Commissioner, said there were 40,000 buildings
in municipal limits. The civic body would identify buildings that should
have rainwater harvesting structures and the owners would be asked to
install the system.