People in the district are troubled with drinking water shortages now on account of the continuously falling ground water level in the district.
The problem escalates in summer as rivers, rivulets, ponds and even hand pumps go dry in many areas. The drinking water problem increases day after day because of its non-conservation during the monsoons through rain water harvesting methods.
Keeping in mind all these problems, the State Government has decided to adopt rainwater harvesting system and implemented rules for installing this system in houses not only in urban areas but in other areas also, so that the ground water level, which is rapidly declining every year, could be increased to some extent.The Government had decided that besides official buildings, private houses would also be constructed with rainwater harvesting system. Such order has been issued to urban areas also.
According to the order, while passing the drawing for construction of new building, the authority should ensure that rainwater-harvesting system is being installed in the new building. Additional fee has also been prescribed for it.As a result, if the landowner does not install the system in the building, urban bodies would install it in the building with the money deposited by the owner.
After three years of the issuance of the order, now it has become compulsory to construct rainwater harvesting system in all Government buildings. Under the rainwater harvesting system, it is mandatory to construct such a system at the time of construction of building, so that rainwater should not go waste during monsoons.