LUCKNOW: Long queues of people with buckets in front of hand pumps and water kiosks at regular intervals across the city were common sights around two years ago. Lucknow, at that time, was among cities with poorest drinking water supply as per a government survey. Gradually, thanks to consistent efforts of the mayor and Jal Nigam, water shortage was overcome with addition of new water reservoirs in the city, enhancing capacity of the existing ones and by installing new pumps, tube wells, and hand pumps across the city. In the survey, Lucknow soon emerged as a city...
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