MATHURA: Lok Sabha member Hema Malini on Monday launched a drinking water dispensing ATM at Sonkh, about 20km from Mathura. This is Uttar Pradesh's first water ATM, which has been built at a cost of around Rs 18 lakh.
Sonkh town area committee executive officer Ram Asrey Kamal told TOI that people will have to pay just Rs 2 for 20 litres of drinking water. "It will be safe, cool and potable. Children will get the water for free."
Nearly 2,500 families will benefit from the machine, which will like an ATM be operated with a card, which will be pre-paid. Sonkh presently gets piped water, which is pumped from a location about 10km from the town.
The district administration is also considering providing water that has gone through the RO (reverse osmosis) process in villages too. DM Rajesh Kumar has forwarded a plan to use solar energy to power the RO plants in villages to the state government. The UP Jal Nigam will execute the project. The initiative is based on a central survey report.
Malini, addressing locals after the inaugural ceremony at the Vidhya Mandir ground here, appealed to residents to help in making Braj an ideal cultural and religious centre. The parliamentarian expressed concern over the rising incidences of crime against women. On the contentious land acquisition bill, the BJP MP said she would raise the problems, faced by local farmers, with her party. Nagar panchayat president Shiv Shankar Verma, then, listed the problems faced by locals that needed to be addressed urgently and handed it over to Malini.
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