Uttar Pradesh

• 12 Sep 2023

Uttar Pradesh is at the Forefront in Providing Drinking Water to Every House

Why in why?

As per information received from the media on September 12, 2023, the pace at which Uttar Pradesh is providing drinking water to every household under the Jal Jeevan Mission is much faster than other states. Bulandshahr is in first and Bareilly is at third place in the country.

Key Points:

• Based on the progress of the Jal Jeevan Mission in the month of August, the Centre has released the ranking of 218 districts of the country.
• The Jal Shakti Ministry of the Central Government releases this ranking on the basis of progress in building overhead tanks for supplying water to homes.
• Under Jal Jeevan Mission, Bulandshahr has obtained the first position in supplying water through pipeline to every home, while Bareilly has secured the third position in the country.
• Construction of an overhead tank in Bulandshahr has also been done at a rapid pace. It is also ahead in providing water connections to homes. Bulandshahr has achieved almost 98 percent of the target.
• Overhead tank projects are being prepared in 877 Gram panchayats of Bareilly. While 433-gram panchayats have access to drinking water, there are 1867-gram panchayats where water must be provided.
• Muzaffarnagar is in the fourth position. Badaun district of Bareilly division is at 5th position by achieving about 87 percent target.
• Lakhimpur Kheri has got 42nd rank in the country in Jal Jeevan Mission, while 25th in the state. Kheri has garnered about 68 percent of the target.
• In Jal Jeevan Mission, 26 districts of Uttar Pradesh are among the top 50 districts of the country, while seven districts of Uttar Pradesh are included in the top 10 districts of the country.
• Top ten districts in the country: Bulandshahr (Uttar Pradesh), South Salmara Mankachar (Assam), Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh), Muzaffarnagar (Uttar Pradesh), Badaun (Uttar Pradesh), Mungeli (Chhattisgarh), Tirupattur (Tamil Nadu), Chandoli (Uttar Pradesh) Pradesh), Kannauj (Uttar Pradesh) and Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh).