Emerging from lockdown, Uttar Pradesh is among the first states to start work on the Jal Jeevan Mission. The government has started the process of appointing implementation support agencies that will bring drinking water to 13 crore people in the state. The centre has set 2024 as the nationwide deadline to provide a Functional Household Tap Connection (FHTC) to every rural household but UP has resolved to complete the same by 2022.
Today the water problem will be over in the parched Bundelkhand region. UP CM Yogi Adityanath will launch the first phase of Jal Jeevan Mission in Jhansi. The mission is related with the Prime Minister’s Har Ghar Jal (water to every house) scheme, which will ensure piped water supply to 67 lakh people across Bundelkhand at a cost of about Rs 10,131 crore. The project is made in four phases, starting with the Bundelkhand region. Today, the Chief Minister will launch the schemes meant for three out of the seven districts in the region – Jhansi, Mahoba, and Lalitpur.
The region has been facing a lack of water for years and witnesses annual droughts. The experts, appointed by the Government, have prepared a detailed project report for 43 different schemes that need a supply of surface water and in some cases groundwater; to all villages.
The remaining four districts – Jalaun, Hamirpur, Banda and Chitrakoot- will be next covered under the scheme. There are 4,513 revenue villages in seven districts of Bundelkhand of which 891 are covered by water supply schemes.
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