Haryana Government has proposed to undertake a pilot project to provide potable water through public stand post by installation of Reverse Osmosis (RO) plants in unauthorised colonies in urban areas of the State.
The State Public Health and Engineering Department would undertake the project so as to meet the demand of potable water in these colonies in Haryana, said an official spokesman. He said the Department was spending a sum of Rs 217.87 crore for promotion and improvement of sewerage facilities and construction of Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) in Sonipat and Panipat towns under National River Conservation Plan.
The spokesman said Rs 88.36 crore was being spent on promotion and improvement of sewerage facilities and Rs 129.51 crore for construction of STP in these towns. He further said the Department had laid 6,236 km pipeline, started 1468 tubewell and 365 boosting stations in rural and urban areas since the present Government assumed office in October 2014.