Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], September 18 (ANI): Nearly 1.21 lakh faucet water connections have been offered to rural households of Uttar Pradesh on Saturday on the event of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s birthday, in keeping with an official.
“Under the ‘Har Ghar Jal Scheme’, as many as 1,20,821 households in rural areas were provided tap water connections in the state, while about 2.59 lakh tap water connections were delivered across the country, creating a ‘record’ countrywide for single-day distribution of tap water connections,” the federal government assertion learn.
Out of the two.59 lakh faucet water connections offered within the nation, Uttar Pradesh offered over 1.20 lakh alone out of two.59 lakh faucet water connections offered within the nation.
“Andhra Pradesh provided as many as 30,643, Karnataka 25,377, Tamil Nadu 18,671, Maharashtra 17,649, Madhya Pradesh 16,609 connections on September 17. Uttar Pradesh conducted about 40% distribution of the tap connections made across the country,” in keeping with the Jal Jeevan Mission knowledge.
“On the occasion of PM Modi’s birthday, the government had set a target of providing tap connections to 51,000 families in UP. Namami Gange and Rural Water Supply Department created a record by providing clean drinking water to two and a half times more families than the target and have dedicated the achievement of giving maximum tap connections in a day to Prime Minister Narendra Modi,” the assertion additional learn.
The official stated that the report of offering door-to-door faucet connections was achieved in UP by guaranteeing distribution in small districts as nicely.
Among districts, Deoria topped by giving 4,212 connections in a single day, adopted by 4038 in Gorakhpur, 3,748 in Lakhimpur Kheri, 3,651 in Mahoba and as many as 3,523 in Mirzapur, as per the official knowledge. (ANI)