TRIPURA TO INSTALL ‘WATER ATM’s IN SCHOOLS, RAILWAY STATIONS

The Tripura government is planning to set up ‘Water ATMs’ in all schools, colleges and railway stations to ensure safe drinking water supply. The automated machines will dispense pure drinking water. It may be mentioned that the ground water level in the state was declining and rainwater would be harvested in the hilly areas. Reverse osmosis water treatment plants would also be set up in key locations of Tripura.

The West Bengal government had launched a similar ‘Water ATM’ project earlier this year. All the 8,723 habitations of the state are currently covered by safe drinking water supply. However, 18 among them were identified as ‘slip back’ habitations, which slipped back from fully covered ones.