Bhubaneswar, Oct 13 (IANS) : Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday practically launched the ‘Sujal- Drink from Tap Mission’, a first-of-its-kind campaign to provide top quality alcohol consumption water right from the tap.The Drink from Tap Mission effort would offer top quality drinking water to more than 1.5 million people in urban areas.The mission started from Bhubaneswar and also Puri as well as it will be expanded across Odisha in stages, stated the Chief Minister.
He expressed joy that Bhubaneswar has come to be the initial 10 lakh+populace city in India to guarantee 100%piped water to every household.He said that the ‘Drink from Tap’center will certainly help in decreasing plastic air pollution in Puri, the World Heritage City.
The Chief Minister stated that family link job has actually also been finished in Gopalpur, Digapahandi and also Kashinagar.He introduced that job will certainly additionally beginin 15 other communities with an investment of Rs 1,300 crore and also by March 2022, all metropolitan houses will certainly get piped water making Odisha the very first state in the nation to achieve this distinction.
Housing and Urban Development Minister Pratap Jena claimed Odisha is the very first state in India, where people in metropolitan locations will certainly be able to drink water straight from taps under the initiative.United Kingdom-based NGO Water Aids CEO Tim Wainwright they would certainly offer all possible assistance to the coastal state’s brand-new job.– IANS cd/ash
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