Government issued orders extending the scheme for free drinking water supply up to 20 kilo liters per month per household, to Secunderabad Cantonment area too, on Wednesday.
The scheme will be applicable with retrospective effect from February 1, for all the slums, domestic connections and multi storied buildings housing domestic establishments.
Government has placed the responsibility of ensuring Aadhaar authentication and working meters for the domestic consumers excluding slums, in the hands of the Secunderabad Cantonment Board.