Engineer Uses Aquaponics On Terrace to Harvest 500 Kg Veggies/Month

Originally reported and written in July 2023, this story has been republished as part of our archival content. Shashank Dubey was comfortable in his corporate job in Delhi. One day, he read an article about vegetables grown on the floodplain of the Yamuna river and the potential health risks associated with eating them. This news troubled him.   “These vegetables are grown in polluted environments and loaded with heavy metals. People who consume them get fatal diseases, such as cancer,” the 33-year-old tells The Better India.   “Apart from that, urban residents are so dependent on packaged ...