Bengaluru: Online petition by Why Waste urges public to save water, half glass at a time

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You may not need a massive campaign to raise awareness and save water. Sometimes it can be as simple as going half glass at a time. If you have never thought about how much water you have consumed at restaurants, now is probably the time you should. And social entrepreneur and activist Garvita Gulhati tells you why.

Gulhati, who is also the co-founder of the organisation Why Waste, has launched a petition that urges the public to start looking at the glasses at Bengaluru's restaurants as half full, quite literally. The petition states that 14 million litres of water are wasted every year just by leaving behind half-empty glasses in restaurants, and if this continues, the city would soon run out of water and become unliveable.

But there is a simple situation, according to the Bengaluru resident.

The petition addresses the National Restaurants Authority of India (NRAI) and restaurant owners in the city to reduce the sizes of their glasses, which in turn will contribute to reducing wastage of water. It also urges customers to take a stand and express their commitment by only asking for a half glass of water.

The journey for Gulhati so far has been anything but easy. For the past two years, her organisation has been knocking on restaurant doors to explain Bengaluru's dire situation, only to be blatantly shooed away. So, in hopes of making a much-needed difference, Gulhati launched the petition, which soon gained momentum and received over 10,000 signatures.

The activist hopes that this could be a stepping stone towards making India a country that revives natural resources and doesn't waste water. After all, you would not want the famous saying "Water, water, everywhere, not a drop to drink" to soon become a reality.

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