<p>Puravankara, in partnership with Biome Environmental Trust and Hunasamaranahalli Town Municipal Council (TMC), has revived six open wells and set up rainwater harvesting for the Sonnappanahalli Government Higher Primary School.</p>.<p>The projects were formally handed over to the authorities on Tuesday.</p>.<p>Up to two lakh litres of water is pumped daily from one well and supplied to the community by the TMC, an official statement said.</p>.<p>A pipeline is being laid from another well — with a projected daily capacity of up to 1 lakh litres — to pump water to a few other wards. Water is drawn manually from three other wells and pumped from the sixth well to a few homes.</p>.<p>Earlier this month, <span class="italic"><em>DH</em></span> had reported about the project, which engaged traditional well-diggers, the 'mannu vaddars'.</p>.<p>Abhishek Kapoor, CEO, Puravankara Limited, said water is central to the company’s CSR efforts on rejuvenating natural aquifers.</p>.<p>Vishwanath S, founder-trustee, Biome, said the project demonstrated that shallow aquifers, represented by open wells, are climate-resilient.</p>.<p>At the Sonnappanahalli GHPS, a rainwater harvesting system with an annual capacity of 1.8 lakh litres was installed.</p>
<p>Puravankara, in partnership with Biome Environmental Trust and Hunasamaranahalli Town Municipal Council (TMC), has revived six open wells and set up rainwater harvesting for the Sonnappanahalli Government Higher Primary School.</p>.<p>The projects were formally handed over to the authorities on Tuesday.</p>.<p>Up to two lakh litres of water is pumped daily from one well and supplied to the community by the TMC, an official statement said.</p>.<p>A pipeline is being laid from another well — with a projected daily capacity of up to 1 lakh litres — to pump water to a few other wards. Water is drawn manually from three other wells and pumped from the sixth well to a few homes.</p>.<p>Earlier this month, <span class="italic"><em>DH</em></span> had reported about the project, which engaged traditional well-diggers, the 'mannu vaddars'.</p>.<p>Abhishek Kapoor, CEO, Puravankara Limited, said water is central to the company’s CSR efforts on rejuvenating natural aquifers.</p>.<p>Vishwanath S, founder-trustee, Biome, said the project demonstrated that shallow aquifers, represented by open wells, are climate-resilient.</p>.<p>At the Sonnappanahalli GHPS, a rainwater harvesting system with an annual capacity of 1.8 lakh litres was installed.</p>