Chandigarh, Aug. 29 -- Nearly a decade after the Indian and French governments conceived the ambitious 24x7 water supply plan for Chandigarh, the municipal corporation (MC) is mulling scrapping the project. The move comes after the Manimajra pilot project, launched in 2024 as a model for the initiative, ran into hurdles.

The UT administration had first signed a memorandum of understanding with Agence Francaise de Developpement (AFD) in 2016, under which the French agency agreed to support projects in water supply, sanitation, and waste management. The detailed project report (DPR) for the citywide 24x7 water supply scheme was approved by the MC House in December 2019.

As per the plan, the Chandigarh Smart City Limited was to execute a p...