Using bath and kitchen wastewater, around 300 trees are nurtured!

Ashok
Citizen Journalist

When T. Siva Ramalingam had moved to the city sometime in the early 2000s, he found that not only was Chennai sweltering hot; there were also very few trees and plants in the surrounding areas that further aggravated the heat. Worried by the city’s water lack and need to water his plants, he planted some seedlings and saplings on the curbs of Coastal Road and Gangai Street in Besant Nagar. Ramalingam has found the perfect use for wastewater generated from his household and is setting an example that all of us should take a note of.

India is not a water deficient country, but the amount of water that goes wasted or untreated every day, the country has a bleak future ahead in the cards.But there are myriad possibilities that can reduce the country’s burgeoning water burden.

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