If rain water, which comes for free, can be collected and stored, instead of letting it run off, it could be an alternative to back up the main water supply.

With springs and rivers drying up, catchment areas lying in waste and wetlands vanishing there is no cause for celebration this World Water Day, more particularly for our state.

Manipur experiences water scarcity due to lack of facilities to harvest rainwater and destruction of catchment areas, as per reports

The beautification work of Ningthem Pukhri Mapal will be undertaken under the Tourism department, Henry said.