In a major achievement for the Yogi Adityanath-led government, Uttar Pradesh on Thursday became the third state in the country in terms of number of tap water connections under Har Ghar Nal Yojana, overtaking Rajasthan.<\/p>\n
According to the available statistics, UP has provided 97,11,717tap connections that are benefitting more than 5,82,70,302 villagers of UP, against 39,33,140 in Rajasthan till Thursday.<\/p>\n
With this, more than five crore villagers have started getting pure drinking water under Har Ghar Jal Yojana of Jal Jeevan Mission.<\/p>\n
In UP, more than 40,000 families are being given tap connections every day, against 5,000 in Rajasthan. Notably, as a result of continuous review of the Har Ghar Jal Yojana by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, in the month of February, tap water reached 81 lakh families in UP with the state leaving Jharkhand and West Bengal behind.<\/p>\n
Top five states providing tap connection include Bihar (1,59,10,093 connections), Maharashtra (1,09,98,678 connections), UP (97,11,717 connections), Gujarat (91,18,449 connections) and Nadu (79,62,581 connections).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"