Way out of Bengaluru'srecurring water crisis
Record rains last year had Bengaluru’s streets water-logged, houses flooded and sewers overflowing. Harvesting this would have helped the city avert any summer water crisis. A city blessed with an annual average rainfall of 787 mm even without a record year, could have avoided the perennial struggle to meet its yearly water demand of 18 TMCft. A robust rainwater harvesting