Greater Noida residents to soon get drinking water from river Ganga

Residents in Uttar Pradesh's Greater Noida will soon get Ganga water at their homes as the local development authority has expedited work on the drinking water project, officials said.

Also, 50 villages in Greater Noida will be soon connected with sewage treatment plants (STPs) for better waste management, they said.

The Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA) had in its 119 Board Meeting taken a decision on these matters, the officials said.

"The planning department has been directed to complete the civil work on the 85 cu sec Ganga water project by this September," a GNIDA official said, adding the authority is hoping