As 10 parched states in India gasp for water, drought-hit farmers commit suicide and poverty-stricken families sell off their minor daughters, an 80-year-old man in Mumbai takes it upon himself to fix leaking water pipes in the City of Dreams. Every Sunday morning, Aabid Surti and his two-member team of a volunteer and a plumber head out to a residential colony in Mira Road area. The plumber’s job is to plug leaking water pipes in houses. Since 2007, Surti’s Drop Dead Foundation has been providing this service for free. At his age, Surti seems an unlikely poster boy for water conservation.

His refrain is that if he can, so can you. To the last count, this national award-winning author, playwright, cartoonist and water conservationist has saved three million litres of water from going down the drain......................Read more

Source: The New Indian Express