Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry launches pilot ‘Pey Jal Survekhan’ in 10 cities including Tumkur
The secretary of housing and urban affairs, Durga Shankar Mishra said that, it will be conducted in 10 cities including Tumkur, Bhubaneshwar, Agra, Kochi, Madurai, Rohtak, Badlapur, Surat and Patiala, to ascertain the equitable distribution of water, reuse of waste water and mapping of water bodies concerning quantity and quality of water through a challenging process.
The data on drinking water, wastewater management, non-revenue water and condition of three bodies in the city will be collected through face to face interviews with the citizens and municipal officials as per the approved questionnaire, water sample collection and laboratory testing, on call interviews, and field survey for non-revenue water.
This survey helps to provide required water supply to all households in the cities.
