Mr. Dinar Barros proud son of Mrs Irene Barros , resident of Betalbatim received Ground Water Augmentation Award (Bhoomijal Samvardhan Puraskar) on behalf of Loyola High School Margao.
The rain water harvesting project at Loyola High School has been promoted by Dinar Barros an Alumni of the school. They save 55000 ltrs of rain water in the tanks . This water is pipelined to flush the toilets , mop floors and water plants. Hence it saves precious potable muncipality water from being used for this purpose. This project was selected by the Water Resources Dept - Delhi . Two officials from Delhi along with water resorces dept Goa came down to inspect the project and it was selected for the Ground water Augmentation Award . Loyola High School Margao is the first school in the country to receive this National award.
Mrs. Michiko Barros
Great work, we could use some of the lessons to harvest water around out houses too :)
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