Puri Drink From Tap Project In Shambles Due To 'Poor Maintenance'

The euphoria over the project seems to be short-lived as it failed to produce the desired result due to alleged poor maintenance

Puri Drink From Tap Project In Shambles Due To 'Poor Maintenance'

In a bid to provide safe drinking water directly from tap round the clock, the Odisha government had launched the ‘Sujal-Drink from Tap Mission’ in Puri on July 26 last year. However, the euphoria over the project seems to be short-lived as it failed to produce the desired result due to alleged poor maintenance.

The government, through the scheme, had set a target to supply safe drinking water to 2.5 lakh residents of Puri, besides nearly two crore people who visit the pilgrim city annually. It was expected that the visitors coming to the city would no longer need to carry plastic bottles around and can drink water directly from the 400 fountains set up in the city, 120 of them on the Grand Road (where the famous Rath Yatra takes place) alone.