A book detailing Odisha’s ‘drink from tap’ mission to provide potable water to the urban poor was launched at Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M) in Chennai on Monday.
The book, authored by G. Mathi Vathanan, Additional Chief Secretary, Housing and Urban Development, Odisha, details the difficulties the bureaucrat faced in engaging people and overcoming the discouragement from senior bureaucrats elsewhere.
Shiv Das Meena, Chief Secretary of Tamil Nadu, released the book People First: How Odisha’s Drink from Tap Mission Quenched Every Thirst at IIT-M. “Mr. Mathi Vathanan’s work is worth emulating. Women are the beneficiaries and water managers. The Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board is working with the Water Corporation of Odisha to emulate the model,” he said.
