The Hindu             11.07.2013

Student rally on rainwater harvesting

Hundreds of school students and National Cadet Corps cadets participated in an awareness rally on rainwater harvesting organised by the Vellore Corporation here on Wednesday.

At the head of the rally was a model of a house equipped with a perfect rainwater harvesting structure, mounted on a vehicle. It showed rain water from the roof of the house being collected in a rainwater harvesting pit containing brick pieces at the bottom layer, pebbles and stones at the middle layer and sand at the top layer. The water filtered in the pit empties into a well.

P. Sankar, Collector, flagged off the rally in front of the New Corporation Building. The rally went through Military Bazaar Road, Deter Line, R.C. Church Road, Anna Salai and Arni Road before reaching the Old Corporation Building.

A Corporation staffer made announcements over the mike urging the public to construct rainwater harvesting structures in their houses and other commercial and public utility buildings .

Those who already had non-functional rainwater harvesting structures were asked to revive them.

Vinnin Mazhai Thuli, Mannin Uyir Thuli’ (a raindrop is a drop of life for the soil); ‘Mazhaineerai Veenaga Vidalama, Kudineerai Vilai Koduthu Vangalama’ (can we afford to waste rainwater and buy drinking water) were some of the messages found on placards carried by students. Pamphlets were also distributed.