The Indian megacity of Bengaluru typically sizzles in the summer months when citizens are taught to save water, but one man’s outreach to students in the school system has saved millions of gallons of water this year alone.
Environmentalist Dr. Hariharan Chandrashekhar began the Rain Reach program in Bengaluru schools after a spate of mass well digging rapidly depleted the water supplies to 8.5 million inhabitants, and around 40 schools inside the city.
The program is introduced to kids aged 9 to 15 to ensure that they understand how to avoid wasting water from an early age and go on to build up a life-long habit.
Focusing on collecting and storing rainwater, using rain gauges to monitor and budget rainfall, treating and reusing wastewater for non-hygienic purposes like irrigation and toilet flushing, the program has so far saved over 9 million gallons (34 million liters) of water.
Water has been a major target of private and public sector Indian action recently. Almost 79 million households have been provided with access to a tap water connection since the nationwide initiative called Jal Jeevan launched in August 2019, bringing 56% of rural households in the nation tap water.
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