Bengaluru Man Hasn't Paid Water Bill In 22 Years. Why That's A Good Thing

The family of a senior scientist in Bengaluru has not paid their water bill for 22 years. Reason: AR Shivakumar is doing without a water connection, using treated rainwater not just for bathing and washing, but also for drinking. The senior scientist at Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology had designed his green home more than two decades ago - building in a water harvesting system that yields more than 400 litres of water daily. Which means the expected scanty rainfall this year - when the state is facing is second consecutive year of drought - will be enough for their needs.
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[@noclicheplease]

There is a reason why KZbin suggested me this video in 2024.

[@Rakeshkumar-xi7fo]

Yeah 😂, I hope the person is able to cope up with the water scarcity at present

[@pavzutube]

Seriously even a video on rain harvesting gets dislikes??? Probably some water truck mafia . Great job sir Bangalore needs techniques like this 👍

[@prashanthhs]

They are the people who have downed water illegally and are desperate to relieve themselves. Their bladders would be bursting. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@samhigh81]

Or people from the water department. 😁

[@user-by7mv6tq2l]

No they are republic tv supporter just come to this channel to dislike any videos without watching the content

[@Sujeesh_Bhosri]

Modi bhakts find this anti-national news because they should have said inspired by Modi Ji Man ki baat he is harvesting water.

[@mohsinasgarali]

Great comment pavzutube

[@satyam_krishna]

Now this guy is the luckiest guy in banglore

[@silverrose7554]

In the USA ( not a Free Country) in some Areas it’s illegal to collect rain water . Apparently they can’t tax you on it so they don’t want you to save it ! Lol 😝 ridiculous!

[@JohnDoe-we9yk]

I agree, the United states is NOT A FREE COUNTRY, its citizens are slaves of the SYSTEM, u don't follow they hv enough POLICE n prisons to lock u up for ever.

[@arjunkrishna4222]

What????? Illegal to collect rain water

[@notyourbruh]

@@arjunkrishna4222 yes it is illegal here in US in many places because if done improparly it can led to very much damage so you cannot do in your house

[@DreamilyReal]

It’s nature’s way of giving water to human yet you cannot utilise the rain water.. how ironic.

[@drex6476]

I gather that you can't even dry your clothes on a line in your own backyard in some places! So even if it's nice and hot, waste energy by drying clothes in a tumble-dryer!

[@baluchandra6812]

Respect from Kerala ...sir ...and a good idea... whenever i am having a home for myself, i will take this idea and good work from NDTV

[@user-oc9st9ey3e]

how is this man doing now ? does he still has water when all the Bangalore is Thirsty ? If yes, then he is a genius and a great thinker

[@murugesanca4520]

Government should consider making at least some of his methods of water harvesting mandatory. This will go a long way in curtailing the mindless exploitation of ground water in states like Tamilnadu (in some places, bore wells are sunk up to 1200 feet).

[@umadeviradhakrishnan3667]

Jayalalitha made it compulsory in 2002 but people of tn did not like it and didnot vote for her in next election

[@nikhiltiwari6923]

1200 is too much. Cities are drying up ground water sources.

[@hareeshch]

why government's have to do everything. are people dumb fucks or what? Can't they understand a simple logic that there is no more water left

[@joydeepghosh1781]

Being done by Delhi government.

[@ramachandranpovara3358]

There is already a law for compulsory rain water harvesting. It is mostly observed in the breach.

[@ajet619]

now thats how a responsible citizen should act.. not blaming others, not blaming the government, jus take the responsibility and act it out... hatsoff to this man... being more responsible than any of us towards the society and nature...

[@abhayagarwal5097]

You are acting like they are not to blamed at all. Clowns. Society is what created all these problems.

[@ajet619]

@@abhayagarwal5097 jus coz u blame someone doesnt solve the problem, and i am talking about a solution for problem here, not jus whining about that problem...🤷‍♂️

[@paanaam]

Thanks ndtv to bring 0ut such extraordinary people into light

[@RajinderSingh-cz7tt]

I am farmer in Australia I proud of you brother

[@forfreedom.3570]

Sale😅

[@DanielDiaz-en2ux]

I'm leaving 1.5 hours south Sydney, in a unit, and every night, I can hear my neighbors upstairs filling the bath . Unfortunately, the most of the city people, don't take any care at all about the water consumption. I have been leaving in NW of Spain, (half an hour of Coruña ) a very raining area, and I have been harvesting roof water for whet my orchard. Probably I was the only one who did it in that area. In the arid areas of Australia, probably dont have fog for harvesting water from the air, but always can reuse the water from the whasing machine and from the kitchen , and try to use dry toilets, or bio gas digesters. And what about whet the plants with double plastic bottle destilation sistems, or waterbox cocon , or terracota pots (plugin them ) buried and fill with water and cober with terracota plates. When I had hens, always clean the dirty oil from my frypans, with flower ,not water, and feed the hens with it. I did plant hundreds of trees in Coruña. We need to plant Millions of trees in Australia, with slow watering sistems. Regards.

[@ShikhaSharma-qw4px]

@@DanielDiaz-en2ux you are doing so great. Yes we need to plant millions of trees not only in Australia but all over the world.

[@gurjindersingh199]

@@forfreedom.3570 sale where ?

[@ajaykirpekar8993]

राजिंदरजी क्या इंडियन लोग ऑस्ट्रेलिया में खेती कर सकते है.... Please क्या आप मुझे इसके बारे में जानकारी दे सकते है.. I am intrested.

[@americanboy7040]

My father never paid any water bill for 45 years! When we sold the house, half of the money was gone towards water bill. My late father was genius!!!!

[@NirmalaCox]

He should be given Bhartha Ratna

[@testingk410]

Rain water harvesting should be compulsory in newly built houses

[@mychessmaster]

All apartments must compulsorily do the rain water harvesting. Rain water always mixed with sewage connections and wasted from the houses.

[@king-ci4ob]

They are harvesting money instead of water...

[@abhijeetdargude2016]

Or the government should give concession in taxes to the apartments if they have rainwater harvesting mechanism installed.

[@rajshekarsamba4237]

His house plan must be shared for all citizens as social cause..

[@Sujeesh_Bhosri]

Only blessings from Modi Ji can inspire us to harvest water.

[@rr7521]

Every person in India should learn from him . impressed for your work man 😊😊😊😊😊

[@bharat94524]

Government should pass a bill in parliament that every new building should mandatorily build storage tank for rain water harvesting all over india specially in cities.

[@shobhittiwari]

It is actually there but people get away with corruption and they don't build it since costs extra

[@rajmvp89k]

What I like about NDTV is that they highlight important aspects of human life and spread knowledge around, unlike other news channel where all are worrying about their TRPs and just have opiniated debates & whataboutery which is of higher decibel levels our ears can bear. Thanks NDTV for providing good information which is indeed useful for people across the world in the efforts to conserve water.

[@ArunKumar-yr4ht]

we got impressed and did the same thing in my house but bwssb made mandatory to take connection since drainage and water is bwssb ,they say its mandatory to take connection are else drainage connection will be disconnected

[@extraSPARErib]

Simple,,super, and amazing. This man is a shining example in a world over over use, false shortages, price inflation, materialis, consumerism, and famine he has done just a few things to remove one part of his family dependence on government ran programs turning solely to what he is given for free from our planet. Your own property has the same square footage and acreage outdoors and could certainly be retrofitted to collect your own water. Even if you don't go as far as to drink it but to use it for the toilet and clothes and dishes you could save on both power and water costs. Good for him and anyone he inspires to make any positive change in their life.

[@vishwanath-ts]

If everyone did this, Bengaluru wouldn't be facing water problem in 2024 summer.

[@thomasthomas4954]

You are a great naturalist,I salute your work

[@vishalghayal531]

Hat's off🙌🙌🙌🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@madhusudhan8505]

I am from Tamilnadu please kindly come and teach ppl of Tamil Nadu, the problem is we are thought how to fight and get water from Kaveri but not how to conserve rainwater effectively...yes these politicians are "using us" they didn't teach us to save water but every election they guarantee to bring water kaveri.. no wonder Tamilnadu will be a desert in less than 20yrs ...hats off to politicians let them continue water politics

[@k.p.4818]

It's the problem of both states buddy. They don't plan on water conservation methods because they actually need effort. But fighting and pointing fingers is easy. Also they will get easy votes also. In Bangalore too water is being diverred from other rivers which are actually meant for other districts. We have to start working towards being self sufficient, otherwise there's no solution to our water woes.

[@crpth1]

Very good example of what can be done. Kudos for him and his family. Although the "manual" intervention as a lot to improve. Carrying buckets is not practical or efficient at all. The good news is that it´s cheap and relatively easy to "automate" all that. ;-) Cheers

[@timjames5613]

great video...Bermuda is the epicenter for rainwater harvesting every home collects and stores and has been doing so for hundreds of years 。 Google Bermuda rain water harvest

[@Purna4436]

Pls share some ideas to flats. How can we store rain water in a flat. Thank you sir for respecting water. Thank you for setting good example.

[@criptions5654]

I hear many buildings in Mumbai now are into rain water harvesting in the building itself.

[@samhigh81]

In flats we harvest water from the ac drain pipe and then we put that water in plants and use in toilet. Not that much of rain here to collect water.

[@khan-hg6em]

A very good step taken by this man.small individual steps can lead to macro changes. here people waste water and then the government has to make dams etc to cater the water storage ,and those projects are worth billions of dollars. the figures by him are way more then needs of an household so even excess water can be stored from rain, as he said 40 by 60 ft area can accumulate 230000 litres of water ,, this is alotttt, in rainy areas it is a blessing

[@karimullaghantasala1334]

Commendable work, Shiv Kumar. One day India will follow your footsteps. ❤❤❤

[@ChanShek-ws1hq]

This man deserves for many awards❤hats off.. 🎉

[@syedsikander7477]

🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳well done brother keep encouraging the other people to eradicate water shortage (jai hind)🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@Santosh-rc2vz]

Amazing. ...Extraordinary. .. wonderful being

[@AbdulHadi-gg8pr]

Incredible person

[@somashekarbk6481]

Proud of you Sir. Jai Karnataka

[@Sidtube10]

Excellent!!! Great job Mr. Shivakumar! Will keep this in mind :)

[@mahalingamiyer8511]

superb effort...god bless

[@brettmoore3194]

Bless you sir, I give you credit for,being supportive of water rights and preservation

[@siddharthsingh209]

We desperately need Rain Water Harvesting in Delhi. In fact, it should be made mandatory!

[@KamiSamaisPissed]

Why not make your own little rain water harvesting and inspire people around your house to do the same? Don't wait for someone else to take the action

[@sravan.yadavalli2270]

Delhi rain water is safe

[@pritam144]

Welldone scientist sir. 🌱🏞🏵🤗🌴🌲. Our country need 100 crore AR Shivakumar gi like peoples. ✌👏

[@mohammadwasi5348]

Great effort... No more word.. I salute u sir....

[@joydeepghosh1781]

This should be done from all buildings and houses in the country, and the world. All the groundwater, rivers, water bodies, forests will get instantly recharged. Started rainwater harvesting in Delhi.

[@sudheer2387]

I want to implement this. Have anyone done recently. Please let me know cost to setup , maintenance efforts and possible issues that can occur.

[@kennethtan6403]

Google

[@jaganPuram]

Everybody not only in the cities but also in villages adopts this to stop the water crisis.

[@deepthimucherla8904]

this is called real education. our ias ips study from iits medicine doctors none think to solve the basic problem with plastic from centuries ,this is causing drain blockage thereby needing to deconstruct roads for every year causing road damage ,spending huge money but problem never getting solved .As indians we have abundant rains ,and we are lucky unlike syria ,and iranian countries where they face no rainfall.people still throw plastic in seas water roads rivers. First we should know to segregate plastic and decomposable waste in our dust bins

[@Bumblebee12298]

Great please teach this to everyone we need it badly

[@LearnMathAndEnglishByGoswami]

A great job by ShivaKumar sir. I also take a pledge to save water where ever I can. Thanks Shivakumar Sir Ji.

[@abhishekkeraliya8623]

Excellent!!! Great job Mr. Shivakumar!

[@ajaygeetakumar]

We should learn water management from this guy.

[@bharath2292]

He should be the irrigation minister of india

[@amithsmghalli7079]

Government should at least do this in government building , Then they should give subsidy for rain water harvesting Like this we can achieve success

[@manikarnikak7835]

Wonderfull

[@vergatusuave8854]

Too bad its illegal to collect rainwater in some states

[@karansena]

In india I don't think .may be in usa

[@rddhakate]

Government should help people to implement this planning. Then nobody will face shortage of water.,

[@saritas4419]

Right

[@JatinderSingh-rn9ok]

Govt help the peoples of rajasthan to build storage tanks

[@ShikhaSharma-qw4px]

Why people depend on government why not they do store rainwater themselves.

[@KamiSamaisPissed]

Totally agreed

[@KamiSamaisPissed]

@@ShikhaSharma-qw4px Wow yeah I agree but most of the Indian population is uneducated so they don't know how to...

[@justinjames7060]

All schools and colleges must do rainwater harvesting in India. Students will learn

[@manoramasuryanarayana4410]

Very Good Work. Salutes to you Sir.

[@sraj2230]

Great job done Mr Shivakumar

[@AsifShaikh-co7cn]

Awesome Sir 👏👏👏👏👏

[@sayeedsayeed551]

Inspirational, You are great Mr. Shiva Kumar. Many thanks to NDTV.

[@Eshankashyap23]

Now he would been the richest man of Bangalore😂😂

[@dinadayalan9037]

You are great sir. People like you should be Chief minister , the people, the country, environment and the world will benefit.

[@arijit276]

Respect for this man. I have rainwater recharge in my home. So I don't store the water but all the rain water and kitchen water is put back into the ground. Unfortunately in my colony there are only 5-6 houses who do this. Rest put their water in storm water drains, this year we are facing acute water shortage as water level has gone down to 500ft. Rain water recharge only works if substantial people are doing it. I have to rethink and move to rain water storage now. Although that means redoing the pipelines again.

[@jatinderpalsingh1179]

please make a detailed video of the system. it will be a great help to humanity. you know water crisis is real.

[@atulkumar-pk8dk]

I try to recycle as much water as I can in my house, been using water from washing machine and dish washer in cleaning and plants, I'd like to know more about how to store and preserve rain water though, I wanna congratulate you for such a positive news too

[@KK-fy6xf]

In Surat never paid water bill in 100 years 😊😊😊

[@mereactnow]

The whole world needs works like that. Awesome!

[@jayajames9538]

Very good idea....educate all over people in India also to use such facilities

[@mohammedqudduskhan4496]

A big salute to Mr. Shivakumar sir, really very great Job

[@SUBHASH1984OCT]

Excellent work

[@sarang1291]

Kannadigas never Fails to Amaze!

[@kaileshvishwanathen2210]

And all of a sudden after 2 years I got this as a recommended video today ... Guessing why ? 🤨🤨🤨

[@sreekanthvlogs2295]

Good idea to save water

[@sumit13479]

Brilliant

[@cheedellas1]

Seems to be water allergic people disliked ...

[@shadanmanzar4504]

ALL Indians are recommended to watch this clip and put this model into use in their own homes. Imagine what can be achieved if 10% of all households adopt this!

[@AK-ii6vn]

Great job Sivakumar and family. You are a role model. Hope your story becomes an inspiration to all and all try to follow at least a part of it.Happy to see such a great news.

[@royalguruji57]

Good job shiv kumar, you are able to apricate

[@mohamedazmath4947]

NDTV greatest news than all India news channel. NDTV is far better than Aajtak.

[@alphawolf3275]

he implemented bt, it was always in my head.

[@AshaAsha-db5co]

👏👏👏👏👏 excellent job,when I construct a house,I'll surely take his ideas

[@bhannureals9]

Wonderful sir

[@utkarshtripathi2251]

Fear of death makes human save water

[@sharatscify]

Hats off to this enteprising man

[@mohammadjani8283]

What a great man he is.... I like his work.

[@RahulKumar-lg8vj]

Wow great!But collecting water from kitchen sink bucket by bucket looks clumsy.

[@saurabhkhodake]

Rahul Kumar that's an example for us.... We can automate that as well

[@criptions5654]

@Saurabh Wadhwani not everyone has the physical capacity to carry buckets of water

[@Reddylion]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@mydiary4517]

Why aur government not provide us thease type of technics to save water ...

[@akhilsuraj1494]

The only issue is lack of minerals on rainwater can make you sick In long term

[@krishnakumark4114]

Now even his tank must be empty. More than 150+ days of lack of rain😢

[@swapnilrakhonde2402]

खूप चांगली माहिती मिळाली

[@suneelpelluru6570]

This should be a 1 hr video explaining installation setup.

[@todoonelifethings9092]

Bangalore is just a money market now...why will people think if rain water harvesting when they can buy water and waste in Holi pool party...I pitty the mindset...they say " we don't have water shortage in our area".. feel so bad about educated illiterate mentality

[@felixdsouza99]

excellent

[@jayanthykrishnamoorthy5207]

I have built water saving tank to collect roof water. during rainy season nearly 30000lr saved but evapourated bysun light. more than Rs100000 I spend fot this unit. would you suggest any idea ?

[@fwefhwe4232]

jayanthy krishnamoorthy hi, i suggest you watch Rajiv Dixit ji's video on rainwater harvesting. its in simple Hindi

[@26411bapul]

this idea should catch by everyone.

[@satyanweshiatma519]

Very good and inspiring

[@sidhartharaju4971]

I like this concept it should be practised by everyone in the society to save water

[@Vikas-zd1rj]

You deserve a environment award sir

[@deepsarkar3753]

This is what a real news channel looks like, not like Ekta Kapoor daily soap Zee news and republic tv

[@gandhamsravani261]

Excellent

[@swaminathaniyer399]

This is no achievement! Our politicians have never paid house rent, electricity bill, telephone bill, petrol bill, water bill!

[@user-xw7oq6nc4j]

35 dislikers should clean shivkumars house........