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Hyderabad can learn from Chennai’s rainwater harvesting story
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Hyderabad can learn from Chennai’s rainwater harvesting story

Here’s an encouraging lesson for Hyderabad as water shortages and heavy reliance on tankers put pressure on residents: a city can save more of the rain that already falls. In Chennai, Professor Sekhar Raghavan spent decades encouraging households to collect rooftop rainwater and help replenish groundwater. The campaign helped inspire a state law, and the government later reported that 99.5% of Chennai residents had installed harvesting systems. A survey also showed that installation alone wasn’t enough, making community guidance and proper upkeep vital to the approach.
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