India, Sept. 18 -- In a bid to ensure treated Ganga water for Khoda, which is devoid of tapped water supply, the Uttar Pradesh Jal Nigam will soon send a proposal to the state government to provide an additional 50 million litres per day (MLD) of Ganga water from the Upper Ganga Canal, officials said on Wednesday.

Notably, Khoda is home to about 45,000 households, and the locality's daily demand is around 38MLD. But only 10MLD is currently supplied-mostly through tankers and ad hoc arrangements, said officials.

Only about 500-600 households near NH-9 have piped water connections, they added.

The latest move to send a proposal comes after a proposed Rs.183 crore project got stalled after the Noida authority in July denied consent to sha...