Ludhiana, Feb. 14 -- Municipal Corporation (MC) commissioner Aaditya Dachalwal has directed officials of various departments to obtain the required no-objection certificates (NOCs) well in advance for the World Bank-funded canal-based water supply project in the city.

The MC commissioner chaired a meeting of the project monitoring committee at the MC Zone D office on Thursday. Civic body officials said NOCs of different departments were required before starting the civil works. As the designing works are going on under the first phase of the project, NOCs are being obtained in advance so that there is no delay later.

Under the first phase of the project, a world-class water treatment plant (WTP) has to be established in Bilga village (n...