http://www.indiatogether.org/2010/jan/env-ankola.htm
Ankola railway station is the first along the Konkan Railway route to implement rainwater harvesting. Pic: Farmland Rain Harvesting.
The station has two open wells in its premises. They dry up by December end. As such five months a year, each drop of water this railway station uses comes from outside. Years later, one after another, two bore wells were dug. Both of them went upto 300 feet depth. But neither borewell was even partially successful.
It seems highly likely that if proper rain harvesting is done, this railway station can become self-sufficient in water in just two years. But then, there is a big ‘if’ too. If the staff and public take good care of these systems
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Narendra,
For your information, Bhau spent his life after retirement in "promoting the ides of Artificial Recharge of Ground Water and submitted many projects to the Govt of Mharashtra.Appa knew all this.
But his untimely death gave a full stop. People are nor talking of rain Harveting. good if it is implemented aby all.
Nana
Nanakaka,
I very much remember the work Bhau had been doing on ground water level. I also remember number of discussions he have had with my father.
Bhau was probably one of those persons who are born ahead of time.
There are now some small efforts in ground water recharge, even at govermnet levels. Like some cities are making it mandatory for all new constructions to have RWH.
BTW, Vinodmama had done RWH at his Mulshi house.
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