GUWAHATI: Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal will launch the first phase of a scheme on March 15, which aims to provide clean drinking water to 55,000 households in the city within December this year. The decision was taken on Tuesday at a review meeting of Guwahati Development Department (GDD) chaired by the Chief Minister at his conference room at Janata Bhawan. 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 the meeting, various aspects of house building norms in the city were also discussed and GDD officials informed the Chief Minister that from now onwards even an owner of a 4 Lecha plot of land would also get house building permission under Mukhya Mantrir Sahaj Griha Nirman Achoni. Moreover, a person having a plot between 4 Lecha to 10 Lecha would immediately receive permission for building construction. 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. He also issued directions for keeping ground floor free for parking in all buildings to be constructed in the future, ensuring security of the lifts used in the buildings, keeping adequate provisions for Divyangs in all commercial buildings, making provisions for rain water harvesting etc. Also Read: All communities living in BTC will get equal dignity & opportunity: Sarbananda Sonowal Also Watch: Assam Police destroyed Opium poppy plantation in South Salmara once again

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