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[114]. Passage: A city that depends on distant rivers for water often forgets its own rain. Rooftops, parks and old tanks can catch rain where it falls, recharge groundwater, and reduce floods. The technology is not new; what is new is the need to plan it as a system, with maintenance and local responsibility, rather than as a single project inaugurated and forgotten. The passage argues a city should:

1.
Forget rooftop storage
2.
Depend only on distant rivers
3.
Catch rain where it falls and plan maintenance as a system
4.
Build one large inauguration project
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 3 : Catch rain where it falls and plan maintenance as a system

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सही उत्तर Catch rain where it falls and plan maintenance as a system है।

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Local capture plus system planning is the argument.

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[114]. Passage: A city that depends on distant rivers for water often forgets its own rain. Rooftops, parks and old tanks can catch rain where it falls, recharge groundwater, and reduce floods. The technology is not new; what is new is the need to plan it as a system, with maintenance and local responsibility, rather than as a single project inaugurated and forgotten. The passage argues a city should:

1.
Forget rooftop storage
2.
Depend only on distant rivers
3.
Catch rain where it falls and plan maintenance as a system
4.
Build one large inauguration project

Correct Answer: Catch rain where it falls and plan maintenance as a system

Local capture plus system planning is the argument.

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