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ADB-funded South East Ghy Water Supply project to get ready by March 31

BNE ADMIN


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Guwahati: The state housing and urban affairs department apprised the Gauhati High Court that the ADB-funded South East Guwahati water supply project, one of the four major water supply projects, which have been under construction for nearly five years now, will be ready by March 31.

The project site is located at the Chunshali area near the Guwahati refinery and once commissioned, will cover at least 40 localities under the Dispur assembly constituency like Basistha, Koinadhara, Beltola, Jayanagar, Survey, Last Gate,

Dispur, Bhetapara Hatigaon Road (East side), Rukminigaon

Six mile, Khanapara, Panjabari, Patharquary, Satgaon, Narengi (part), Noonmati, Jyotinagar, Chunshali, New Guwahati and Bamunimaidam.

A senior citizens' forum called "Chiriyakhana Path Jyeshtha Nagarik Sanstha" had last year filed a petition before the high court seeking direction to the authorities to ensure household drinking water at the earliest.

The petitioner claimed that only around 30% of the three lakh households in the city have access to potable tap water within the jurisdiction of the Guwahati Metropolitan Development Authority despite the city's location on the banks of the Brahmaputra.

The court will hear the PIL on March 31 again.

BNE ADMIN