India has signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Sri Lanka

• India has signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Sri Lanka to construct 3000 rain water harvesting systems in Rin Jaffna District at a cost of 300 million Rupees (Sri Lankan).
• The rain water project envisages construction of 3000 rainwater harvesting systems for 3000 households in selected divisions of Jaffna District.

About rain water harvesting:

• Rainwater harvesting is a technique of collection and storage of rainwater into natural reservoirs or tanks, or the infiltration of surface water into subsurface aquifers (before it is lost as surface runoff).

Analysis:

• The collection of rainwater and harvesting it for everyday use has an ample number of exciting benefits. The biggest benefit is reduced dependency on water storage dams. The reduced dependency means a reduced amount of stress on the dams and the elimination to expand upon them. Since there is a limited supply of water available and it is very costly and timely to produce water through dams.
• This will leads to the less water consumption in the home.
• Collected rainwater can be used for many different purposes around the home. This would prevent groundwater depletion and augment ground water table.
• It helps to reduce soil erosion as by capturing rainwater, the flow of storm water is reduced which can also prevent flooding.

By: Vishal