A spark hit Kabir. Instead of removing water, what if the puddle became something useful? He proposed a radical, low-cost solution to the university council: don't drain it— plant a rain garden . Using the spiral concept, they would carve shallow terraces into the plaza’s edge, plant native, water-loving grasses and lotus flowers, and install a small hand-pump filter.
The council laughed. An engineer suggesting gardening ?
In the bustling central plaza of Shahid Anwar University, a bronze statue of the university’s namesake overlooked a persistent problem: a massive, foul-smelling puddle that formed after every rain. Students nicknamed it "Lake Anwar." For three years, the Facilities Department had tried everything—drainage pipes, chemical treatments, even a failed pump system. Nothing worked.
