rainwater harvesting in manipur essay
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The region experiences sub tropical to temperate climate with appreciable special
variation showing highly contrasting meteorological conditions. The annual precipitation
varies from 2194 mm to 4516 mm as recorded in the western region and 2943 mm in the
south and 1785 mm in the central part of the state. The rainfall is unevenly distributed
through out the year.
Out of the existing houses of the state, about 50% of the houses mostly in the rural
areas consists of galvanized corrugated iron slanted roofed sheets and about 20% houses
mostly in the towns are RCC buildings and the remaining are thatched roofed houses in the
village areas. Most of the community halls, churches, Schools, temples etc have CGI roofs.
CGI sheets are suitable for rain water collection system.