Kumbh: Akharas to get Rs 5.20 crore to build basic facilities

The UP cabinet cleared the proposal to select consultants for providing piped drinking water to Bundelkhand, Vindhya region as well as region affected with Japanese Encephalitis and Acute Encephalitis Syndrome.

By: Express News Service | Lucknow | Updated: July 25, 2018 7:38:19 am
Kumbh: Akharas to get Rs 5.20 crore The UP cabinet has proposed to build basic facilities at four Akharas in Allahabad. (File/Representational Image)

The Uttar Pradesh cabinet Tuesday cleared proposal to build basic infrastructure facilities at four Akharas in Allahabad for pilgrims coming for “Kumbh”. It also approved Rs 5 crore towards this.

In another significant decision, it cleared the proposal to select consultants for providing piped drinking water to Bundelkhand, Vindhya region as well as region affected with Japanese Encephalitis and Acute Encephalitis Syndrome.