If one college can save so much, imagine what miracles can take place if many more join this fight against environmental problems.
Dumpyards run out of space, loss of tree cover, increase in air pollution levels and shortage of water are all pressing environmental problems Mumbai is facing. But students of a Sion college have solved all of them at least for their campus.
Guru Nanak College of Arts, Science & Commerce in GTB Nagar, saved eight lakh litres of water this year through its rainwater harvesting project. Set up in June, the 16,000-sq-ft terrace of the college’s building acts as the catchment area for water, which then collects in underground tanks. They manage to collect 20,000 litres on a rainy day. This water is used in washrooms.
The campus launched a paper recycling project five years ago and every week students save 10kg paper waste.
Read more of this in a report by Badri Chatterjee in Hindustan Times....
Media should highlight such stories so that more and more come to know - who knows how many will follow and make a better world to live in....
