Kolkata civic body to campaign on water wastage

KOLKATA: As chief minister Mamata Banerjee is set to hit the streets on Friday with a campaign to save water, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) water supply department has taken up an awareness drive across the city.
Senior KMC water supply department officials have been asked to visit the slums and households where the wastage of water keeps the civic top brass on tenterhooks.
A KMC water supply department official said following a survey, a strict vigil was being maintained in Dum Dum, Cossipore and Paikpara where water wastage has been maximum.
“We had installed around 3,800 water meters in Dum Dum-Cossipore belt. After a detailed survey we have found that we need to rationalize water supply as wastage of filtered water has been maximum in these areas,” said a civic official. Besides, the KMC-run roadside water stand posts happen to be a major source of water wastage.
“We are running 17,000 water stand posts to supply potable water across the city. But, we found filtered water from majority of these posts is being wasted. We will run a campaign to stop such huge wastage,” said a KMC water supply department official.