India, Feb. 3 -- The Noida authority is likely to start supplying the Ganga water into dozens of housing societies soon as it has laid the pipeline required for the project, officials said.

These societies, located in Sector 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 134 and 135 among others, fall between the Yamuna, and Noida Expressways depending upon the ground water for drinking water needs as yet.

The authority has fixed February 15 as the date, when the water works department will start supplying the Ganga water in these societies, which are newly built. Residents in these societies were living without better quality drinking water supply, said officials.

"We had directed the water works department to expedite the work on laying the water pipeline...