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Mangaluru school students launch water conservation campaign
Students of Government High School, Badaga Ekkaru, in Mangaluru North have launched a campaign called 'One recharge pit for every home, Our resolve to increase groundwater' to promote rainwater harvesting and groundwater…
Students of Government High School, Badaga Ekkaru, in Mangaluru North have launched a campaign called 'One recharge pit for every home, Our resolve to increase groundwater' to promote rainwater harvesting and groundwater recharge amid concerns over rising temperatures and possible rainfall decline due to El Nino. The initiative began at the school level and is being expanded to the village level.
Around 130 parents attended a special awareness programme at the school. Students and teachers took a pledge to construct at least one recharge pit at their homes. Students are acting as 'water conservation ambassadors' and have distributed pamphlets, approached women's self-help groups, and encouraged villagers to build percolation pits. A Google Form allows students to upload photos of pits, and a certificate is automatically generated using the Certify'em add-on. The campaign has drawn responses from citizens in Kasaragod and Maharashtra.
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This campaign is a grassroots response to a recurring climate risk. Karnataka experienced below-normal rainfall in 2023 due to El Nino, and the India Meteorological Department has warned of similar conditions in 2024. The school's approach, combining a pledge with digital tracking and auto-generated certificates, mirrors successful behaviour-change models used in sanitation and vaccination drives. The key metric to watch is how many of the 130 participating households actually construct and sustain a recharge pit, and whether the model spreads to other schools in drought-prone Dakshina Kannada district.
Source: deccanherald.com
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