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Category: ENVIRONMENT

Published: 07 January 2020

JAMMU: Kuldeep Bhan, a Kashmiri environmentalist, writer and researcher discovers a simple , easy and innovative method for water conservation based on famous “Archimedes Principle” and inspired by the story of Thirsty Crow. This method can be applied to all the flush tanks in washrooms and can save trillion of litres of water in every household and other commercial and industrial establishments throughout the world.

The activity is simply to put some solid objects in your flush tank which displaces the water in the tank by occupying the volume equivalent to its mass and replacing that much quantity of water in the tank exactly on the lines of Archimedes Principle. While talking to this correspondent Sh. Bhan said that by this simple innovative method you can regulate the quantity of water in your flush tank quite manually and that too without any technology. Apart from this, you can save energy by minimizing the time period for lifting water to overhead tank from the under ground tank by electric motor.

As the Red flags have been raised over the dangerous drop in ground water levels in large parts of India. Urban areas are also reeling under a crisis — the country’s sixth most populous city, Chennai, ran out of water this summer.

Bhan added for all the persons with scientific background in academics, application of Archimedes Principle is very simple, where as for all the non scientific class of people and the illiterate sect of our society ,the story of Thirsty Crow must be followed. During interaction with the correspondent, Bhan said that he had already done it many times personally and was successful in saving scores of litres every day in his house.

Bhan requested all the people all over the world to save water by this simple innovative method, which is a fast depleting natural resource and save this planet from drought as well as other related issues in water conservation. As India launched a nationwide water conservation campaign to address a serious water crisis that has gripped at least half the country. This simple discovery will focus on replenishing water resources in severely stressed districts where access to drinking water has become a challenge for millions and drought has devastated vast stretches.

Warning that per capita water availability is falling rapidly Bhan pointed out that India only conserves 8 % of rainwater. “We need to make conservation a people’s initiative. It has to be about changing mindsets and people’s behavior,” he said. “water movement campaign.”initaiated by the govt. must be accorded priority by involving village bodies, voluntary groups, students and engineers in a community-based effort to revive traditional ways of water conservation

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has flagged water as a top priority during his second term in office.  As he appealed to people to start a mass movement for water conservation, this environmentalist has taken a leap forward by discovering this simple, easy and innovative method. “I urge all Indians to join hands and save every drop of water,” he said in his first monthly radio broadcast after being reelected in May.

Noting that he had written to scores of village heads to help solve the problem, Modi said that “There is no one formula to deal with the water crisis across the country.” Over 12% of India's population — more than 160 million people — live under "Day Zero" conditions, with no access to clean water near their home, according to a 2018 report by Water Aid. That number will grow significantly in coming years.