The purpose of this study is to understand the status of rainwater harvesting system, utility and perceptions of stakeholder about the utility of rainwater harvesting and conflicting views among stakeholders. With this objective I will try of unfold why this technology has not yet been fully implemented on a large scale.
Salman Zaheer is pursuing Master’s in Water Policy and Governance at Tata Institute of Social sciences, Mumbai. He is inclined towards understanding the nature and lifestyle of the city of Mumbai through the lens of water. He is focusing on a people’s centred approach to glean in the parochial aspects of the lifesaving resource and its myriad contestations in the metropolis bursting at its seams. As part of this research, he is engaged in data collection to know perspectives of Rooftop Rainwater Harvesting among different stakeholders in Mumbai.