No tankers since 1996: how a Vizag colony made rainwater harvesting mandatory and kept its wells wet
Since 2010, the JR Nagar neighbourhood in Visakhapatnam has required every building to install rainwater harvesting pits. Residents say the policy has kept local wells replenished, eliminating the need for water tankers that were previously used, the last of which arrived in 1996. The community credits the mandatory system for sustaining water availability for the area.