Dinshaw Avari- Trying my Hand at Blogging!

(Cover photo- Available from: https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Malir-River-Basin-MRB_fig1_325475799 ) August 12, 2019 Last week I had written about recycling & harvesting rain water ( https://dinshawavari.com/2019/08/08/and-the-rains-are-upon-us/ ).  Then we faced rains in Karachi which I have not seen in decades.  The “natural” effect of this was the massive misinformation & incorrect (some genuinely mistaken) social media warnings & alerts on the effects of the rains in Karachi.  One post in particular, on the flooding of Malir River, got me thinking.   At the outset, let me clarify that these are my personal views and I hope it doesn’t lead to controversy …                Water flowing down Sind province makes its way into Malir River, which generally lays dry through the year.   It’s only when we have sudden rains or this current set of rains when it fil...

August 8, 2019 (Photo credit- https://www.instructables.com/id/20-Rainwater-Catchment-System-No-Gutters-Required/ ) Ironically, in March, I had blogged https://dinshawavari.com/2019/03/25/water-water-everywhere-but-not-a-drop-to-drink/ . … and now the rains are upon us and we don’t have any catchment system. Karachi is facing proper monsoon rains for the first time in decades.   It’s a good thing too – it cleans up the city; there is more greenery; the temperature drops; and life is so much more pleasant; and the three major reservoirs supplying water to our City get filled. What is lacking are individual CATCHMENT systems.   Each building can easily have their own rainwater harvesting systems – it doesn’t have to be expensive.   After the last set of “rains” a few weeks back ( though our rains are nothing compared to what India and Bangladesh have to go through during their monsoons and cyclone seasons ☹ ) I started reading up on rainwater har...