Case Study

When soil turns saline, crops stop growing. At the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), Malharpura Farm in Anand, Gujarat, 160 acres of agricultural land had become almost unfarmable. Astral Pipes built a complete sub-surface drainage network using GeoRex and D-Rex pipes to remove excess salts from below the ground and...

When monsoon rains transform educational spaces into unusable swamps, learning comes to a halt. MIT Engineering College in Pune faced this challenge when continuous downpours which turned their main ground into a waterlogged field. This disrupted sports activities, events and daily campus life for weeks at a stretch. The Challenge:...

Most people would consider a 30,000 square foot basement, completely submerged under 8 feet of water, to be a total loss. The threats of contamination and potential illness were considerable. That was the reality facing Amikunj Wadi Building in Surat, where the Municipal Corporation's only proposal was permanent abandonment of...

When NHAI approved PVC pipes for the 7-kilometre Koraput tunnel project in Odisha, this decision did more than enable a tunnel drainage system. It broke a 50-year pattern that had been wasting taxpayer money and slowing India's infrastructure growth.

When Bengaluru's monsoons hit with over 100mm of rainfall in a single day, the city’s infrastructure is put to the test. Heavy rain causes water to quickly accumulate at low-lying points across the city. As it begins to drain toward designated channels, the water surges toward critical areas, posing a...