When a tweet got Anand Mahindra to shut down a fountain in his office

Rohit Talwalkar on Tuesday took to twitter to grab the attention of Mahindra Group's Managing Director Anand Mahindra. And his one tweet made Mahindra shut down a fountain at the company's Mumbai office.

Given that large part of Maharashtra is struggling with drought and water scarcity, Talwalkar tweeted, "@anandmahindra fountain at mahindra towers at time of severe drought in Mah. Guess can be avoided."

@anandmahindra fountain at mahindra towers at time of severe drought in Mah. Guess can be avoided pic.twitter.com/opQGT7TXXW

— Rohit Talwalkar (@rstalwalkar) March 29, 2016

A day later, Anand Mahindra promised to shut down the fountain as it "sends the wrong signal". He tweeted saying, "It's recirculated water & no wastage. But you're right, sends the wrong signal. We'll shut it down."

It's recirculated water & no wastage. But you're right, sends the wrong signal. We'll shut it down. https://t.co/zGt4GTOvv3

— anand mahindra (@anandmahindra) March 29, 2016

Later, twitteratis questioned his decision to shut down the fountain as it could help birds in the coming summer days while others praised him.

@anandmahindra We must stop being apologetic about such things. Stopping a fountain (reused water) isn't going to solve the water crisis.

— Amit Malviya (@malviyamit) March 29, 2016

@anandmahindra do not shut it look at the birds in the pic quenching thirst !!

— Vikram (@vikrkama) March 30, 2016

@anandmahindra I'm consistently impressed by how attentive you are as a leader. Thanks for the inspiration.

— Jayson Elliot (@JaysonElliot) March 29, 2016

@anandmahindra @rstalwalkar as long as it is recirculated water and runs low energy consumption- please keep on running

— Praveen Nimbalkar (@praveenimbalkar) March 29, 2016

@anandmahindra @rstalwalkar I have a small pond atop my small terrace and plenty of birds come home for cooling themselves

— Praveen Nimbalkar (@praveenimbalkar) March 29, 2016

@anandmahindra Many can give explanation. Your second part is the best one. Outstanding humbleness. Great leadership. Inspiring!

— HariKrishna Prudhvi (@hprudhvi) March 29, 2016

@anandmahindra @rstalwalkar wow sir glad to see person like you listening to common man and taking feedback positively,learnt something

— Tarun Chopra (@TarunInAction) March 29, 2016