PM Modi lays foundation stones for water-supply projects in UP

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone of rural drinking water supply projects in Mirzapur and Sonbhadra districts of Uttar Pradesh via video conferencing.

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The projects will provide household tap water connections in all rural households of 2,995 villages and will benefit about 42 lakh population of Mirzapur and Sonbhadra districts. Village Water and Sanitation Committees/Paani Samiti have been constituted in all these villages, who will shoulder the responsibility of operation and maintenance.

The total estimated cost of the projects is Rs 5,555.38 crores. The projects are planned to be completed in 24 months.

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It's been over a yr of 'Har Ghar Jal' scheme. Over 2.60 cr families provided access to clean drinking water through taps at their homes. Projects started today will further speed it up: PM at foundation stone laying event of drinking water supply projects in Mirzapur, Sonbhadra pic.twitter.com/36uXOirwIv

— ANI (@ANI) November 22, 2020

# Be it Vindhyachal or Bundelkhand -despite having a lot of resources, these regions became regions of deficiencies. In spite of having several rivers, these regions came to be known as the most thirsty & drought-affected regions. So many people were forced to migrate from here: PM Modi

# If there is any region that was neglected for decades after independence, then it is this region that was neglected the most: PM Modi

Delhi: PM Narendra Modi lays foundation stone for drinking water supply projects in Mirzapur and Sonbhadra districts of Uttar Pradesh, via video-conferencing.

UP CM Yogi Adityanath also present at the ceremony. pic.twitter.com/pVIiYcVxcx

— ANI (@ANI) November 22, 2020

In 70 yrs drinking water supply projects could be regulated only in 398 villages in Vindhya region. Today we’re here to take forward such projects in over 3000 villages of the region, says UP CM at foundation stone laying event for drinking water supply projects in Mirzapur, Sonbhadra

In 70 yrs drinking water supply projects could be regulated only in 398 villages in Vindhya region. Today we're here to take forward such projects in over 3000 villages of the region: UP CM at foundation stone laying event for drinking water supply projects in Mirzapur, Sonbhadra pic.twitter.com/kA3sF6nGxH

— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) November 22, 2020