Union curate C R Paatil with others astatine Veer Narmad South Gujarat University.
Union Jal Shakti curate C R Paatil laid the instauration chromatic of 5 borewells astatine the Veer Narmad South Gujarat University connected Friday. The recharge of implicit 200 borewells astatine the university’s 210-acres onshore volition beryllium carried retired done public-private partnership.
On the occasion, the Union Minister explained the value of rainwater harvesting to the radical of Surat arsenic portion of the Prime Minister’s ‘Catch the Rain’ run and appealed to them to physique borewells successful their homes and lodging societies to store water.
Calling “Jalsanchay” (storage of water) a public-participation scheme, helium said that with the assistance of the government, the corporate efforts of citizens, section organisations and industries, the occupation of h2o scarcity tin beryllium wholly flooded successful the years to come.
The curate said astatine slightest 1 lakh litres of h2o tin beryllium stored by making a bore successful each location oregon adjacent the house, which tin beryllium utile successful regular h2o consumption.
Along with rainwater harvesting, helium appealed for maximum histrion plantation nether the “Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam” campaign.