{"id":3253,"date":"2019-07-05T10:10:20","date_gmt":"2019-07-05T10:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=3253"},"modified":"2019-07-12T07:52:20","modified_gmt":"2019-07-12T07:52:20","slug":"uttar-pradesh-state-government-has-announced-to-piped-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/uttar-pradesh-state-government-has-announced-to-piped-water\/","title":{"rendered":"Uttar Pradesh State government has announced to piped water"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <strong>Uttar Pradesh State government<\/strong> has announced <strong>piped water<\/strong> for every rural home in the state within<strong> two years.<\/strong> The Yogi Adityanath-led government has already begun its work on the piped water programme.<br>The State has planned to divide Jal Nigam&#8217;s work into urban and rural areas for better implementation. The works are carried out under Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.<br> <br><strong>Other measures:<\/strong><br>The State govt. has warned concerned officials of serious consequences including jail, if they fail to do their job.&nbsp;<br>It has also asked the district magistrates (DMs) to fix accountability of gram panchayats for repairing hand pumps and ensuring the supply of drinking water.<br>District magistrates will address through a <strong>video conference. <\/strong>Complaints will received during a review of the<strong> Uttar Pradesh Jal Nigam.<\/strong><br><strong>Works on ponds and river:khet-talab yojana:&nbsp;<\/strong>Through khet-talab yojana, the state government is working on village ponds.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Namami Gange project:&nbsp;<\/strong>On implementation of <strong>Namami Gange project,<\/strong> has planned to work in the 25 district situated near the bank of river Ganga.<br> <br><strong>About Jal Nigam:<\/strong><br>In 1927, <strong>Public Health Engineering Department<\/strong> was created to provide drinking water supply and sewerage facilities in Uttar Pradesh. It was renamed as <strong>Local Self Government Engineering Department (LSGED)<\/strong> in 1946.<br>It was converted to Uttar Pradesh Jal Nigam through <strong>Uttar Pradesh Water Supply and Sewerage ACT, 1975 (ACT no-43, 1975) in 1975<\/strong>. As per the act, Jal Nigam has jurisdiction over whole Uttar Pradesh, except the Cantonment Area.&nbsp;<br>The State govt. created the corporation for the development and regulation of water supply &amp; sewerage services and for related matters.<br> <br><strong>Swachh Bharat Abhiyan:<\/strong><br><strong>Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (SBA) <\/strong>(Clean India Mission) is a campaign in India for the<strong> period 2014 to 2019.<\/strong> It was launched on<strong> 2 October 2014<\/strong> by PM Narendra Modi. The mission aims to clean up the streets, roads and infrastructure of India&#8217;s cities, towns, and rural areas. It also aims to achieve an <strong>open-defecation free (ODF) <\/strong>India by 2 October 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Uttar Pradesh State government has announced piped water for every rural home in the state within two years. The Yogi Adityanath-led government has already begun its work on the piped water programme.The State has planned to divide Jal Nigam&#8217;s work into urban and rural areas for better implementation. 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