PM Modi launches Rs 5555-crore rural water supply scheme in UP
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched Rs 5555-crore rural drinking water supply project for Sonbhadra and Mirzapur in the Vindhyachal region of Uttar Pradesh.
The scheme is aimed at providing piped water supply to over 4.1 million people in the two districts and the drinking water supply is expected to improve the health of poor families in the region.
The PM laid the foundation stones of the projects through video conference and also also interacted with village water & sanitation committee/paani samiti members during the event.
The projects will provide household tap water connections in all rural households of 2995 villages and will benefit about 42 lakh population of these districts. Village water & sanitation committees (paani samitis) have been constituted in all these villages, who will shoulder the responsibility of operation and maintenance of the projects.
The projects are planned to be completed in 24 months.
The Prime Minister said during the last one-and-half years from the start of Jal Jeevan Mission, more than two crore 60 lakh families have been provided piped drinking water connection to their homes including lakhs of families in Uttar Pradesh.
Not only has the lives of women got easier due to easy water access at the comfort of their homes, another major benefit has also been reduction of many diseases like cholera, typhoid, encephalitis caused by dirty water among poor families.
Despite having a lot of resources, Vindhyachal or Bundelkhand regions became regions of deficiencies and in spite of having several rivers like Son, Belan, Karmanash and Van Ganga, these regions were known as the most thirsty & drought-affected regions, forcing many people to migrate from here.
Now, water scarcity and irrigation issues will be resolved by these projects, he said.
When piped water reaches thousands of villages in Vindhyanchal, the health of children of this region would be improved and their physical and mental development will be better.
