Modi launches Rs 5.5k-crore water supply scheme in UP

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Rs 5,555 crore Har Ghar Nal Yojana (piped water in each residence initiative) for Sonbhadra and Mirzapur within the Vindhya area of Uttar Pradesh by means of a video convention on Sunday.

The scheme is geared toward offering piped water provide to over 4.1 million individuals within the two districts. The prime minister mentioned piped water provide to about 3,000 villages will remodel the lives of native residents.

The PM additionally praised chief minister Yogi Adityanath and his crew for staying on the trail of financial growth regardless of the challenges posed by the worldwide coronavirus illness pandemic.

“Earlier, people used to have a perception about UP. But the way UP has launched one developmental project after another is completely changing the image of Uttar Pradesh, the state government and its employees,” he mentioned.

While tackling the Covid-19 problem, the state authorities had taken care of migrant employees who returned to Uttar Pradesh from the cities and made preparations for his or her employment, he mentioned. The UP authorities didn’t let the Covid-19 pandemic sluggish the tempo of growth, he noticed.

The prime minister additionally praised the state authorities for efficiently dealing with an outbreak of Japanese encephalitis, a viral illness, in japanese Uttar Pradesh.

“The way in which the number of cases of Japanese encephalitis decreased in Uttar Pradesh due to efforts by the state government led by chief minister Yogi Adityanath is discussed far and wide. Even experts talk about it,” he mentioned and added that each resident of Uttar Pradesh would “have been giving their blessings to Yogiji and his team for saving the lives of innocent children”.

The prime minister made a veiled allegation about earlier governments ignoring villages and tribal areas. He mentioned villages, villagers, tribals and tribal areas weren’t given as a lot precedence as his authorities was giving to them to develop city-like amenities, together with liquified petroleum gasoline (LPG connections), there.

“Despite having many natural resources and enjoying blessings of rivers like Son, Belan, Karmanash, Van Ganga, Kshipra, the Vindhya region faced neglect for decades since independence… the region was identified by drought. Be it Vindhya region on Bundelkhand, the whole region became one of dearth and scarcity. As a result, several people had to migrate from here,” PM mentioned.

“But during the last few years, continuous efforts were made by the government to ensure clean tap water to every house and develop irrigation facilities in the region. As a result, last year, a big water project was started in Budelkhand region and today, the scheme worth Rs 5,555 crore has been launched in the Vindhya region to ensure supply of clean water through pipes to every house,” he added.

He mentioned piped water provide would make the “life of our mothers and sisters easier in the villages”. It would additionally scale back the incidence of many ailments like cholera, typhoid and encephalitis brought on by soiled water, he added.

The PM mentioned that 1,250 van dhan kendras (forest wealth centres) had been arrange in tribal areas, including {that a} district mineral fund had been created for growth of tribal areas.

The concept was that a big chunk of the funds generated from tribal areas needs to be spent on their growth, he mentioned.