Supply-led water deprivation prevails in major cities in India. The per capita water availability in these cities is nowhere near the standards laid down by the World Health Organisation or the Bureau of Indian Standards (1993), and it is also far lower than that in other large cities in the world. The availability of water in Indian cities varies with socio-economic groups and areas.
Gandhinagar: The state government on Tuesday claimed that the piped domestic gas connections in Ahmedabad have touched the 73,000 mark.
In reply to a question by BJP MLA from Rakhial Jayanti Kakadia, the government said the number of connections in Ahmedabad city had crossed 73,000 mark and another 18,045 connections were in process.
