Published On:Sunday, 7 April 2013
Maharashtra Govt took Ajit Pawar's joke seriously; to build urine filled dam for all state Assembly members
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| Ajit Pawar and Prithviraj Chavan cracking a joke |
Mumbai - Taking cues from Ajit Pawar's joke, Maharashtra State Government decided to build urine filled dam for all the requirements of all the assembly members.
"I don't know it was joke of Ajit Pawar or what but I understand one thing that it was a sensible advice. We have decided to build urinated dam for ourselves and will use that water for our day to day purposes. We will drink and bath with that water. Our crockery will also be cleaned with that water. All the Members of the Assembly (MLAs) of Maharashtra have decided to contribute to the dam," said State Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan.
Chief Minister Chavan described this initiative as green initiative in water management and would not damage any natural resource. He also expressed gratitude towards Ajit Pawar's suggestion for healthy option of Shivambhuto normal water.
Recently, Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar fueled a controversy with his comments -- laced with crass humour -- ridiculing the acute water scarcity in the state.
In reference to the ongoing hunger strike undertaken by a drought-affected farmer at Mumbai's Azad Maidan, Ajit Pawar said: "He is on fast for the last 55 days. If there is no water in the dam, how can we release it? Should we urinate into it? If there is no water to drink, even urination is not possible."
CM Chavan said "No it's not like that. Urination is possible for us. We can remove tons of liters of water daily which include healthy combination of food and liquor. Earlier we had no idea on how to use this clean and pure drinking water. But Ajit Pawar showed us the way. We are working on the plan."
According to the plan, every Maharashtra MLA will pour his pee/urine in a dam and that will be used for the drinking purpose of all the state MLAs. The urine has undergone quality check and it doesn't require purification system. Therefore, the raw urine will be utilised for all the purposes including drinking and food making.
Chavan said "If we all contribute according to the plan, lakhs of ton liters of water will be filled in the dam. We will use help of Thane based builders Salim Shaikh and Jamaal Qureshi for building this dam as fast as possible."