NEW DELHI, INDIA, March 6, 2008: The Shruti Foundation recently organized a workshop to teach the assembling of a “Ghatam” – a unique water filter based on knowledge derived from Indian traditional wisdom and ways of purification. The event was attended by NGO’s, social workers, academicians and residents of an area of Delhi who live without the benefit of potable water. Mr. Anil Laul, the inspiration and knowledge behind the filter said, “All the gadgets that we use in India should be devised locally keeping the local population and their own traditions in mind. The cost of the Ghatam would vary from US$15.00 to $62 and can be used by a common man without electricity or processed chemicals.”
Mr. Laul continued, “To purify the water through this filter we have used coconut charcoal, marble chips, white sand and silver coins which are put in four different copper vessels and water is made to pass through them. Marble chips, white sand and silver coins respectively tackle coli form, water hardness and unwanted bacteria.”