Corporation taps SHGs for water supply to slums

Madurai | Wednesday | 3rd October, 2018

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As we cannot supply water to those who don’t pay property tax, we are trying to supply water indirectly through SHGs,” he said. The model, called ‘stand post water supply’, follows a self-organising supply system. more-inThe Corporation has planned to involve self-help groups to supply water to slums through pipes. These SHGs would be responsible for day-to-day supply of water to households and would collect money from houses based on their consumption. Residents would get a supply of at least 135 litres of water per capita per day..