The Kerala State
Government has given an in-principle nod to a proposal requiring all new
buildings & houses to mandatorily feature provisions for rainwater harvesting.
Increasingly
Drought..!
Briefing newspersons
after a Cabinet meeting, Chief Minister Mr. Oommen Chandy said this would form
part of efforts to conserve water resources in an increasingly drought-prone
State.
A Cabinet
subcommittee comprising Mr. P.J. Joseph, minister for water resources; Mr. M.K.
Muneer, minister for panchayats and social welfare; and Mr. Manjalamkuzhi Ali,
minister for urban affairs will frame required rules.
The stipulation with
respect to rainwater harvesting will be enforced subsequently, the Chief
Minister also said.
Summer Rains..!
The State has been
declared drought-hit after successive failures of the monsoons during last year
(2012). It is looking to the pattern of summer rains for badly needed signs of
meaningful relief.
Seasonal forecasts by
some models have been indicating that summer rains could be normal to even
slightly above normal during the current season.
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