The patients and visitors of the District Hospital here would now be able to consume RO filtered water at a cost of mere Rs1 for 750 ml. Woman and Child Development Minister Ramsheela Sahu along with Mahasamund MP Chandulal Sahu inaugurated the ‘Water ATM’ in the hospital.
Notably, a total of 500 RO water plants would be established in 169 urban bodies of the State at a cost of Rs 20 crore, officials stated. The State government announced in the month of March this year that a Rs 2100 crore proposal has been prepared for installation of 300 ‘Water ATMs’ in slum areas of urban bodies of Chhattisgarh.
The ‘Water ATM’ will dispense five liters of purified water from RO plant on inserting rupee one coin in the machine.