79 pc AMRUT projects completed in UP

The Uttar Pradesh government has completed almost 79 per cent of projects under the AMRUT 1.0 so far for providing water supply and sewerage facilities to every household in Uttar Pradesh.

Till March 13, the government has completed 262 projects. The total cost of these projects is Rs 5,816.55 crore, against which the government has released Rs 5,257.09 crore. These 229 projects are of water and sewerage, while 33 projects are of sewerage.

As per the zone-wise completed schemes related to water supply and sewerage, the maximum number of 61 schemes have been completed in Ghaziabad zone. At the same time, the work of 46 schemes in Lucknow zone, 36 each in Prayagraj and Agra respectively, 28 in Gorakhpur and 22 in Kanpur has been completed.