India
oi-Oneindia Staff
Bhubaneswar, July 29: The sacred city of Puri is witnessing a wave of rapid urban transformation. The latest in the list is a new transformative initiative launched by CM Naveen Patnaik called ‘Drink from Tap’ mission, making Puri, India’s first city to provide 24×7 Drink-from-Tap quality water to every household.
‘Drink from Tap’ mission will ensure that the water supply adheres to “Quality Standards of IS 10500” and will benefit the city’s 2.5 lakh population and 2 crore tourists who visit the holy Jagannath Dham annually.
The ‘Drink from Tap’ mission is a step in the direction of CM Naveen Patnaik’s dream of making Jagannath Dham Puri, a world-class heritage city. Getting safe drinking water from the tap in India was once believed impossible. However, Odisha, under the 5T Governance Mantra has shown the rest of the country that it’s possible.
With this transformative…