While the state reels under a drought-like situation, University of Pune’s (UoP) Board of Students Welfare (BSF) has initiated a water-saving project to irrigate saplings through drip irrigation using discarded saline bottles.

“This system will bring down the usage of water from 40 litres (two buckets) to two litre per day per tree,” said Dr Pandit Shelke, Director, BSF.