“Don’t expect a right person to come to your rescue. There is no right moment. The right person is you and the right moment is now.”

Unlike many activists, who blame government for all the initiatives to take, he has come forward and contributed his part to the welfare of the society.

Srinivasan Sekar, A resident of the Sarajpura Road in Bangalore owns a firm called “TerraCura” Solutions. It specializes in sustainable solutions. But his firm is not just another in the row. He tries to create a difference with his discovery that purifies wastewater and converts it into usable water. All this, he achieved through Desi methodologies.

Sekar first installed a slew of water filters in his residence and that purified water, he used for household works such as gardening and washing.

Sekar said a similar model has also been incorporated in Singapore, where around 30 per cent of water is processed from sewage.

Sekhar uses different types of filters - ranging from charcoal to passing the water through plants, which absorb the nitrates and phosphates.

“The water molecule is the most important. Even in waste water, there are different molecules other than water. So if one filters out the other molecules, all that is left is water. In fact, when I wanted to check where the waste water went eventually, I found that it would end up at a sewage treatment plant. Considering that water accumulates at such plants, with no outlet, I realized that there is no need to throw away the water and that it can be re-used,” Sekar said.

The model has also been incorporated at TZ Homes, an apartment complex in Sarjapura. After having stayed in the apartment for a while, Sekar, who was a member of the apartment’s association, noticed that there were huge expenditures towards water.  “We needed at least 10 water tankers a day and had to resort to water rationing. However, we still faced water scarcity,” he said.

“Measuring the water consumed by the residents was a challenge. There were continuous problems, while I wanted us to be self-sufficient. Hence, I decided to implement the model, there too.”

TZ Homes have received an award from the state government in this regard, he added.

In a rare coincidence, Bangalore resident has discovered techniques.

- Manohar