Puri (SunstarTV Bureau): The Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated the water supply system on Monday and informed that, Odisha’s Puri became the first city in the country which enables to provide 24×7 ‘Drink from Tap’ quality water to every household.
The pilgrim city also co-joined the league of cities like London, New York and Singapore.
The initiatives will provide better water facilities to around 2.5 lakh residents of Puri.
Furthermore, the drinking tap facility will eliminate the usage of 3 crore plastic bottles preventing 400 metric tonnes of plastic waste. To discourage the use of plastic water bottles, drinking water fountains will be installed at public places.
Jalsathis from women self-help groups (SHGs) will carry out the quality surveillance of water supply. The project has been implemented under the 5T initiative of the State government.
