Taps turn on water project

  • 23/12/2002

A new waterworks is coming up at Dhapa to produce 65 million gallons of filtered water every day. The Rs 100 crore project was okayed by the Calcutta Metropolitan Development Authority at a meeting. "It will be a joint venture of the state government and the Calcutta Municipal Corporation," said Ashok Bhattacharya, municipal affairs minister and CMDA chairman. The Housing and Infrastructure Development Corporation will fund the project.