83 water ATMs get LMC nod, little else

Lucknow | Saturday | 29th April, 2017

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"The company has installed water ATMs at markets and public places and targets to install 127 ATMs in Lucknow by July. The water ATM carries 300 litre water at a time and gives 250 ml of clean, drinking water in a recyclable glass when Rs 2 is deposited. Since the company has been authorised by LMC to vend water at public places, it is also liable to pay certain vending fees to it. On April 8, when the scheme was flagged off by urban development minister Suresh Khanna from LMC's head office in Lalbagh, he handed over seven such ATMs to differently abled people. The idea was to provide them with means of livelihood.Company founder Vineet Vats said, "RTO people are not registering their e-carts claiming they don't possess driving license..