Govt. departments in Dharmapuri told to step up rainwater harvesting

Ground-water array has fallen successful implicit 13 gross sub-blocks of the district, and the territory medication is trying to code the matter. On Thursday (May 14), District Collector R. Sadheesh chaired a consultative gathering connected rainwater harvesting and climate-change induced El Nino interaction connected weather.

The gathering with assorted departments assessed the rainwater harvesting infrastructure connected each authorities buildings. The departments person been instructed to acceptable up rainwater harvesting up of the monsoons. According to the District Collector, rainwater harvesting structures connected each authorities buildings tin assistance cod 1 crore litres of water.

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Also, the Department of Rural Development had planted 4,13,000 saplings arsenic portion of clime change-mitigation measures. These saplings person present grown into trees and are being maintained.

For the existent fiscal, implicit 4,40,000 saplings person been raised successful the nursery and are waiting to beryllium planted. These saplings volition beryllium watered and maintained for a play of 3 years.

The Collector urged the unit of the 63 Departments successful the territory to enactment the assorted clime change-mitigation measures.