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The first Castle Indian city to get 24×7 pipe drinking water supplies

Bhubaneswar: Puri, which draws two crore tourists every year, has gained differences to become the first Indian city to get pure drinking water.
Launched “Sujal – drink from Tap Mission” through a virtual platform, Odisha Minister Naveen Patnaik said on Monday that Puri has joined international cities such as London, New York and Singapore in supplying quality 24×7 drinking water.
“Launch …
in Puri is a new chapter in the development of Odisha.
It made the first Heritage in India to reach this milestone, matching the standard of drinking water supply in many foreign cities.
About 2.5 people of the city of Puri and two crore tourists Visiting the city Every year can now get quality drinking water from a knock, eliminate the need to store and filter water, “said Patnik in his speech.
Drinking water drinking water has been arranged in 400 locations in the city of pilgrims to ensure that visitors do not carry plastic bottles.
The government hopes that the SUJAL pipe water scheme will eliminate the use of three-crore plastic bottles, thus preventing the establishment of 400 metric tons of plastic waste in Puri every year.
“Sujal, which is a transformative project under the Government 5T Charter (transparency, teamwork, technology, time frame and transformation), has been assigned only in nine months.
The next project will be expanded to 16 other urban areas with a population of 40 lakh,” he said.
Quality drinking water is closely related to good health, the human and economic development index, said CM.
To ensure that the state gets safe and hygienic drinking water, the Odisha government has increased its budget from Rs 200 Crore to Rs 4,000 Crore in the last five years.
This initiative was launched under the “Jalsathi” program and involved joining hands with the Swadaya Group (SHG) under Mission Shakti, the State initiative to empower women, according to the government.
Examination of drinking water quality will be carried out by “Jalsathis” selected from the woman’s shg.
The Union of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Secretary Misha Shanker Mishra, who attended the launch, said it would work as a role model for other countries.
Chief Secretary of the Suresh Mohapatra, Secretary of 5T V K Pandian, State Housing and Development Secretary of Urban G Mathi Vathan and Pregnant Minister Jena included the launch.

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