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Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2001 16:22:50 -0600
Subject: India: Delhi turning to rainwater harvesting
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Right to Water (right-to-water@iatp.org) Posted: 11/02/2001 By svarghese@iatp.org
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Delhi turning to rainwater harvesting
As the city’s water table continues to drop, officials in Delhi are finally
turning to rainwater harvesting. On 10 August 2001, the Central government
amended Delhi’s building bylaws, requiring new structures on a plot area of
more than 100 square meters to include water harvesting infrastructure. On
5 September, 2001 the Central Ground Water Authority (CGWA) announced that
all housing societies in groundwater crisis areas would have to install
water harvesting systems by 31 December, 2001 to prevent the authorities
from sealing their tubewells. About 1,400 housing societies are affected by
CGWA’s retrofitting rule. The Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) is
providing free technical assistance to societies wishing to install water
harvesting structures, but the societies must bear the construction costs.
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), a New Delhi-based
non-governmental organisation also provides technical services to install
rainwater harvesting system in urban residential and business complexes.
For further information:
R K Srinivasan and Suresh Babu SV
Natural Resource Management Unit
Centre for Science and Environment
rksri@cseindia.org, suresh@cseindia.org
Source: Catch Water: CSE's campaign for peoples water management, Vol.3,
No.4, Aug 2001.
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