Over 97 lakh tap connections given in UP

LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh has provided the third most number of tap connections under the Har Ghar Jal Yojana in the country.
In data released on Thursday, it was seen that UP has provided 97,11,717 tap connections across the state, which are benefitting more than 5,82,70,302 residents of rural UP.
Anurag Srivastava, principal secretary, Namami Gange and Rural Water Supply Department, said that the government’s resolve of providing water to UP’s 36.59% rural households has been fulfilled. “In UP, more than 40,000 families are being given tap connections every day. As a result of continuous reviews of the Har Ghar Jal Yojana by chief minister Yogi Adityanath, in the month of February tap water reached 81 lakh families,” he said.