First 24x7 electricity, now 24x7 water

  • 01/06/2008

  • Times Of India (Ahmedabad)

Imagine 24X7 drinking water supply in all households of urban Gujarat! The unthinkable in this semi-arid state will start at Morbi, a water-starved Saurashtra town, where 34,000 metered connections will start providing round-the-clock drinking water to the entire town in two years. Gandhinagar town, which already has good pipelines, may be even quicker. After the state government has made 24-hour electricity supply possible in Gujarat villages, it is now planning an encore in the water supply front also. Round-the-clock electricity supply in the state was made possible because of some bold power reforms initiated by Chief Minister Narendra Modi. Studies for implementing 24x7 water supply have also been completed for Mehsana, Anand, Bharuch and Amreli. The study was sponsored by the Gujarat Infrastructure Development Board and done by two agencies