Around 55 thousand households in the Guwahati will receive clean drinking water within December this year

Guwahati: Around 55 thousand households in the Guwahati will receive clean drinking water within December this year.

Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal will launch the first phase of the scheme on March 15. The decision was taken on Tuesday at a review meeting of Guwahati Development Department (GDD).

Top officials of the department appraised the Chief Minister about various projects being implemented by GDD in the city and the Chief Minister directed the department to cover all people living in the city by the water supply scheme.

In a statement state government stated, “Directing the officials to strictly implement the house building rules in the city, the Chief Minister said it is very important to adopt earthquake resistant construction designs as Assam falls in the high seismic zone five”.