Mumbai: In a city that faces water shortage
throughout the year, Mumbai Police today inaugurated its rain
harvesting project to make maximum utilisation of rainwater,
in a first ever such initiative by the force to save water.
A ring well has been constructed as part of the scheme
near the existing bore well at Mumbai Police Naigaon building.
Pipelines have been installed to harvest and store
rainwater from rooftops to ring well. This ring well will also
charge the existing bore well, enabling more water supply.
The project which was on the paper since a year was today
inaugurated by Joint Police Commissioner (Law & Order)
Rajnish Seth. The project was initiated in association with
Rotary Club, an NGO.
"The city is regularly facing water problems due to
various reasons. Rain water harvesting is one of the solutions
if one wants to solve their water shortage problems," Seth
said.
"Now we don't have to depend upon civic body entirely for
water. The rainwater would be stored and utilised for various
purposes," he said.
Mumbai receives 3350 million litres of water per day
(MLD) for over 1.25 crore population where as its actual
demand is 4200 MLD.
A member of Rotary Club, Narendra Lillaney said that the
harvested rainwater could be utilised for gardening and
washing utensils. Water purification equipment would be
installed in the later stage to purify the rainwater that can
also be used for drinking purpose, he said.
PTI
First Published: Tuesday, April 13, 2010, 20:19