The UP government has constituted an ‘Orange Brigade’ to tackle plumbing issues in the rural pockets of the state to ensure hassle-free water supply under the Centre’s ambitious ‘Har Ghar Jal’ scheme.
Officials said the state government has deputed two plumbers in each gram panchayat to ensure the scheme’s efficient implementation ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
On the directions of Anurag Srivastava, principal secretary Namami Gange and rural water supply department, the companies working with Jal Jivan Mission have trained over 1.16 lakh youth so far who have been posted in their own village to ensure regular supply of clean water to every household and to tackle plumbing issues.
As per the records of the UP government, so far, around 3,379 plumbers have been deployed in Azamgarh; in Sitapur, 3,199 plumbers have been deployed and the number is 2,892 in Gorakhpur. Hardoi (2,646), Gazipur (2,451), Gonda (2,415), Basti (2,370), Bareilly (2,386), Barabanki (2,299), Bahraich (2,069), Bijnor (2,246), Badaun (2,076), Deoria (2,370), Pratapgarh (2,444), Shahjahanpur (2,149), Siddharthnagar (2,272), Unnao (2,080) and Lakhimpur Kheri (2,325) are also covered by the brigade.
So far, UP has given 1,12,97,534 functional household tap water connections (FHTCs) to push Maharashtra with 1,11,22,327 FHTCs behind. Uttar Pradesh has overtaken Maharashtra to emerge as the second state in providing the highest number of water connections to rural areas, Jal Shakti department officials said. As of now, Bihar tops the list.
UP has ensured over 40,000 water connections daily reaching lakhs of rural households. The scheme’s implementation was monitored directly by chief minister Yogi Adityanath, they added.
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