Dhapa water plant to solve crisis off Bypass
(WorldNews India)

KOLKATA: In an endeavor to ward off water crisis in large areas off Eastern Metropolitan Bypass, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has decided to augment the capacity of Jaihind Jalprakalpa, better known as Dhapa water treatment plant, by 20 million gallons. The water supply department will need to spend around Rs 100 crore for the augmentation in the next two years, an official explained. The present capacity of Dhapa water treatment plant is 30 million gallons of filtered water every day. The plant caters to over 8 lakh people in large areas from Topsia to Patuli, located off EM Bypass. The plant started functioning...