After train For Latur, Prabhu offers dam water to Thane, Navi Mumbai

April 23, 2016 16:29

After water trains for drought-ravaged Latur in Marathwada, Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu has now ordered that water from railway dams be released to tackle water crisis in Thane and Navi Mumbai.

"Rail dam in Thane dist is helping Navi Mumbai by supplying water, we will do the same for Thane by supplying water to the Municipal Corpn," the minister tweeted yesterday.

Water from these dams, used by the Railways for its daily needs, will now be released to civic bodies in Thane and Navi Mumbai.

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