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‘Provide piped drinking water like in Odisha’
The Hindu
T.N. must explore options: Ramadoss
PMK founder S. Ramadoss on Sunday wondered when Tamil Nadu could dream of getting clean drinking water in pipes at homes similar to the scheme that the Odisha government has introduced in Puri. He estimated that such a scheme would enable people here save ₹20,000 crore that they spend to purchase drinking water. In a statement, he said that ISO 10500 standard drinking water is being supplied to all the homes through pipes in Puri.More Related News

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