India, July 1 -- The Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) has made the newly-built fourth unit of the water treatment plant at Chandu Budhera operational, with the new plant supplying 90mld (million litres per day) of drinking water to the city. With the addition of the new plant, the total supply of drinking water in the city has also increased from 570 to 660mld as the authority also treats and supplies 270mld of water from its water treatment plant in Basai, officials said. The increase in supply means that the authority is now treating and supplying 390mld of drinking water from Chandu Budhera, instead of 300mld earlier. The new unit of the water treatment plant of 100mld capacity has been built at Chandu Budhera at a cost of Rs.55 crore. A senior GMDA official said that they have made the new unit operational on a trial basis and it is now producing 90mld of water, which will be supplied to developing sectors along the Southern Peripheral Road and the Dwarka Expressway. "This additional water will help the authority to increase supply in new sectors and also to around 100 colonies in old Gurugram. The water from this unit will help in providing water in sectors 81 to 115. We have also installed machinery to supply some of the additional water to Basai, which will be made available to Old Gurugram," said a senior GMDA official. According to GMDA officials, the tail-end areas in the city, particularly in DLF phases 1 to 5 will also get relief during peak summer as distribution of water will improve and there would be less pressure on existing resources. "The authority is working to increase its treatment capacity to around 970mld by the next three to four years. Two more units are coming up in Chandu Budhera and another unit will come up at Basai along with water storage tanks. The only concern will be to ensure adequate canal water is made available for supply," the official said. GMDA officials also said that they are taking steps to ensure that the Sector 72 water boosting station becomes functional to reduce pressure on existing ones and they will be able to supply more water to sectors 57 to 81....