{"id":456,"date":"2017-08-02T10:46:50","date_gmt":"2017-08-02T10:46:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saheindia.in\/?p=456"},"modified":"2017-08-09T18:31:26","modified_gmt":"2017-08-09T18:31:26","slug":"sahe-initiatives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saheindia.in\/civic-responsibility\/water\/sahe-initiatives\/","title":{"rendered":"SAHE Initiatives"},"content":{"rendered":"

Peer into any household today, and we will see domestic staff leaving the taps running while washing dishes and using hose pipes to wash driveways and cars. We use sophisticated water filters that throw out buckets of water and install bathtubs and Jacuzzis, never knowing where those precious drops of water are coming from. It comes from 200 kilometres away from the Godavari River.<\/p>\n

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Hyderabad is a semi-arid area and even the Nizams realized the fact that water was a scarce commodity that needed to be conserved and stored carefully. While the average rainfall in the rest of the country is 100 hours for 100 days, in Hyderabad, it\u2019s 30 hours for 30 days. Yet, this fact has been forgotten with increasing urbanisation. The daily water requirement for Hyderabad now is 650 millions of gallons per day while only 355 million gallons per day is being supplied. Therefore, there is an urgent requirement to educate Hyderabadis about the three Rs\u2026namely REDUCE, REUSE and RECYCLE.<\/p>\n

SAHE took up various initiatives last year in order to spread awareness about water conservation and recycling. Specific issues include the rejuvenation of bore wells or \u201cSave 10 K Bores\u201d program, cleaning and desilting of lakes or \u201cLive the Lakes\u201d program and the Stepwell program. Some remedial measures were also identified. 25 lakes were proposed for conservation by desilting and cleaning and connecting some lakes were also suggested. A suggestion that 25% of land should also be left natural without any concrete was also put forth.<\/p>\n

SAHE took the responsibility of spreading awareness on various occasions:<\/p>\n

Spreading Awareness in CHIREC School:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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It is important to educate young children about the ways to conserve and recharge water so that it becomes a part of their life as they grow older. Ms Kalpana Ramesh, a SAHE member and a parent at CHIREC educated the middle-wing students about water scarcity and the importance of rainfall harvesting.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t