The Govt. plans to create awareness of the need for rainwater harvesting in the State by setting up such units at educational institutions,Minister for Water Resources N.K.Premachandran said here on Wednesday.
He was speaking after inaugurating a rain water harvesting unit set up by the Jalanidhi programme at University College. Rainwater harvesting units will also be set up at other educational institutions in the State,he said. Only rain water harvesting and ground water recharge can help the State stave off a crisis on the drinking water front. The conservation of the State's water resources in a major focus area of the State's water policy. Though the State has 44 rivers, the volume of water in all the rivers put together would only be a fraction of the volume of the water carried by other major rivers in India.
If there is any diversion of rivers that flow through the State it will have serious consequences on Kerala's ecology. The three rain water harvesting tanks set up the college have a combined storage capacity of 1.5 lakh litres.
(The Hindu,21/12/06)
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