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Ambitious plans to quench Shimlas thirst

Shimla may be getting ready to get an additional drinking water supply of 20 million litres (MLD) everyday when the Rs 65-crore Giri water supply scheme is commissioned in the next few weeks, but that's not enough to quench the thirst of this tourist town for the next 30 years. The focus has thus shifted to the Rs 750-crore Pabbar gravity water supply scheme