Odisha’s Puri on July 26, 2021, is the first city which has the project named as “Drink from Tap project”. Drink from Tap project aims at providing safer and hygienic drinking water directly from a tap 24×7.
Naveen Patnaik acting as a CM, on July 26 originated the ‘Sujal: Drink from Tap’ project on
CM Patnaik tweeted, “Puri is the first city in the country to implement the Drink-from-Tap project. The project is the model of the 5T initiative.”.
He also said that clean water is linked to the human development index, human health, and economy. The state govt. has also increased its budget from 200 crores to 4000 crores in just 5years.
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