>> Drop Dead is a one-man NGO to conserve water by Aabid Surti. He offers free plumbing services to correct leaking taps. They believe that you can be part of this movement just by closing the taps left open by forgetful people. Every Sunday morning Surti visits buildings with the plumber Riyaz and a volunteer Tejal to check every tap from each apartment, from the ground to sixth or seventh floor; Surti corrects the leaking taps free of charge. In one year (2007), they visited 1,666 houses, fixed 404 leaking taps and saved about 4.14 lakh litres of water.
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