In the wake of severe water crisis in Maharashtra, UrbanClap, a marketplace for services, has rolled out an initiative to minimise wastage of water in Mumbai.

Starting from Friday, the company wants residents of the city to fix leaking water taps and pipes at their homes. The cost of this particular service will be borne by the company.

“One leaky tap results in approximately 20,000 litres of water being wasted in a year. When the Maharashtra Chief Minister announced that 900 million litres of water are being wasted each day in Mumbai, we wanted to do our bit to help conserve water,” said Abhiraj Bhal, Co-founder at UrbanClap.

“That’s why we have launched this initiative where users can place a request on our app, and we’ll send our professionals to their homes and repair all leaking taps at no cost,” he added.

Those who wish to avail themselves of this service can log on to the app, place a request for Save Water Mumbai, and they will be visited by trained plumbers from UrbanClap who will fix the leaking taps. The activity will run for a week, until Friday, April 22nd.

rajesh.kurup@thehindu.co.in

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