New Delhi, October 14
The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) will rank state capitals and 100 smart cities over the next three months for quality of tap water, Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan has said.
The BIS will also test quality of tap water at district level in the next six months. The ministry has written to state governments to make BIS standard mandatory on drinking water.
“The BIS has begun the process of collecting tap water samples from state capitals and smart cities,” Paswan said at an event organised to commemorate the World Standards Day. After testing the samples, the BIS would rank state capitals and 100 smart cities for quality water in the next three months, he said. The initiative would be taken to district level in next six months.
The BIS is the national body that frames quality norms for products and services and works under the Ministry of Consumer Affairs. It has been asked to test tap water in other parts of the country after a probe showed samples from 11 areas in Delhi did not comply with BIS standard. — TNS
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