Hong Kong, July 27 -- In good news this week, Puri becomes India's first city to have filtered and quality 24*7 drinking water from tap. It was part of the Sujal-Drink From Tap Mission.

Puri, Odisha, on Monday, became the first city in India where people can avail high-quality drinking water directly from the tap on a 24-hour basis. Image: Courtesy Shutterstock

"Puri has become the first city in the country to implement a project of this kind. It has enabled the people of Puri to collect quality drinking water directly from the tap. Henceforth, people need not have to store or filter drinking water," Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said while inaugurating the 'Drink from Tap project'.

"The inauguration of 'Drink from Tap' project marks a...