Puri First Indian City To Achieve 24/7 Quality Drinking Water Supply: Odisha Goverment

The initiative to provide water supply adhering to "Quality Standards of IS 10500" will benefit the city's 2.5- lakh population and 2 crore tourists who visit the holy place annually, Naveen Patnaik said.

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday inaugurated the "Drink From Tap'' mission in Puri, making it "the first city in India" to achieve 24/7 quality drinking water supply, an official said. The initiative to provide water supply adhering to "Quality Standards of IS 10500" will benefit the city's 2.5- lakh population and 2 crore tourists who visit the holy place annually, he said. Inaugurating the mission via video conference, Mr Patnaik said providing drink-from-tap quality water to every household was a transformative project and a step in the direction of making Puri a world-class heritage city. "Puri residents, tourists and pilgrims can now drink water from taps across the city, be it at home or across the drinking water fountains. It has been my dream to provide piped water to every household in Odisha and this is now turning into a reality," he said.