Karimnagar civic body to tap every rain drop

Programme to be taken up on a massive scale in the town

Mayor S. Ravinder Singh, legislator G. Kamalakar and others launching the construction of rain water harvesting structure in Karimnagar on Saturday.- Photo: By Arrangement

If the State Government had launched the ambitious Mission Kakatiya programme to revive minor irrigation tanks and bring back the past glory to the villages, the Municipal Corporation of Karimnagar (MCK) authorities too have embarked upon an equally motivated task of constructing rain water harvesting structures in the town to the tap rain waters effectively and recharge the ground water table. Accordingly, the ambitious programme was formally taken up on the premises of MCK office premises in the town by digging a pit to harvest rain water.

Massive effort

The municipal authorities have decided to take up the programme on a massive scale in the coming two months period to tap every drop of rain water.

Talking to

The Hindu here on Saturday, Mayor S. Ravinder Singh said that the construction of rain harvesting structures is the need of the hour with the depleting ground water table, which had fallen down to 400 feet.

“We have decided to tap each drop of rain water and recharge the ground water table,” he said, and added that they would construct rain water harvesting structures in all the government offices, educational institutions, police stations, police headquarters, private educational institutions, apartments, individual houses having open land and other commercial establishments. He said that the rain water harvesting structures would be constructed in two months period, before the onset of monsoons. He said that they have decided to spend at least Rs. 1 crore for the construction of rain water harvesting structures in the town.

“Our mission is to conserve rain water and recharge the ground water table for the benefit of society,” he maintained.