These students turn the lesson learnt in school into a reality:

July 20: A science teacher of Government High School in Malali in Mangaluru taluk has been creating awareness among her students regarding water conservation and groundwater recharge.
these students turn water conservation lessons learnt in school
into a reality, by digging percolation pits and implementing rainwater harvesting techniques back in their houses.
The teacher Padmasri Rao said that she has been doing this for the last four years, after attending a workshop on water conservation in Mangalore taluk panchayat four years ago. She has fixed a yearly target of 250 percolation pits for all these years. Students who cannot dig up percolation pits in their houses due to paucity of space, practical lessons near the school ground is given to them where they dig percolation pits, she stated. Along with this, she has announced prize for those who dig the highest percolation pits in order to motivate the children. Te parents have also responded whole heartedly to the initiative, she said.