Summary:
Kolkata: Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA), in collaboration with Madhyamgram municipality, has started installing water meters in households to check wastage of water. Currently, a total of 28 wards fall under the Madhyamgram municipality out of which nearly 14 wards have received the water meters. Paniyara water treatment plant also supplies drinking water to other civic bodies like Barasat and Madhyamgram. One of the main purposes is to address the key issue of wastage of drinking water." People often tend to be forgetful to turn off the taps resulting in wastage of drinking water..