Drinking Water at Less Than One US Cent in India

Contaminated water from the Ganga river will be converted into pure drinking water at a nominal cost. The proposed plant, to be set up within three months, will produce around 8,000 litres of pure drinking water daily

Residents of Varanasi will soon be able to procure cheapest drinking water in the world — at 50 paisa per litre — courtesy NGO Sulabh International, its founder Dr Bindeshwar Pathak announced on Thursday.

Using its recently developed technology, the NGO will set up a drinking water plant at Assi Ghat, its spokesperson Madan Jha said.

Under the technology, contaminated water from Ganga will be converted into pure drinking water at a nominal cost. The proposed plant, to be set up within three months, will produce around 8,000 litres of pure drinking water daily.

Sulabh has already established similar plants at three districts of West Bengal — North 24-Parganas, Murshidabad and Nadia districts — where trials have proved to be successful.

"Now, we will replicate the facility at Assi Ghat," said Pathak who visited the ghat Thursday morning.

"We are going to approach government agencies and district administration to give us permission to set up the plant around Assi Ghat. It is not a commercial venture and I wish to dedicate it to the people of Varanasi," Pathak added.

Source: The Indian Express

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