The Haryana Government has formulated a Rural Water Policy to prevent wastage of potable water through public open taps and unmetered connections.

Public Health Engineering Department officers told The Hindu that the ground reality was quite dismal as there was a high percentage of wastage of water through unmetered connections in rural areas which were being billed on flat rate basis. “Our endeavour is to ensure conservation of water so that this limited resource is used optimally,’’ they added.