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Yogi Adityanath Vows 'Clean Water for All' in UP with New Central Pact

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced a new Memorandum of Understanding with the Central Government to expand the Jal Jeevan Mission across the state. The agreement includes a provision making contractors responsible for infrastructure maintenance for ten years post-completion. Adityanath linked the initiative to a dramatic reduction in encephalitis deaths in eastern UP, attributing past fatalities to impure water and open defecation. He credited Prime Minister Narendra Modi's flagship sanitation and water missions for this public health success.

Key Points: UP, Centre Sign MoU for Jal Jeevan Mission Water Supply

  • MoU signed for Jal Jeevan Mission
  • 10-year contractor maintenance guarantee
  • Over 10,000 villages already have piped water
  • Aims to eliminate water-borne deaths
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Yogi Adityanath vows 'clean water' for all as Uttar Pradesh govt signs MoU with Centre

UP CM Yogi Adityanath announces MoU with Centre to provide piped drinking water to all villages, crediting PM Modi's vision for the initiative.

"pure drinking water has become available in those villages and toilets have been built in every house - Yogi Adityanath"

Lucknow, March 18

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday announced an initiative under the Jal Jeevan Mission to provide pure drinking water to every resident in the state.

While addressing a press conference here with Union Jal Shakti Minister CR Patil, the Uttar Pradesh CM highlighted that over 10,000 of the state's 1,05,000 revenue villages already have access to drinking water through pipelines.

The new agreement ensures that contractors will remain responsible for infrastructure maintenance for a full decade after project completion to guarantee long-term service, he added. In this regard, a Memorendum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the centre and the Uttar Pradesh government.

"Under the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM), an initiative has been taken to provide pure drinking water to even the last person in the village. In today's MoU program being done between the Central and State Government for the successful implementation of the Jal Jeevan Scheme, I thank Union Minister CR Patil and his entire team," Adityanath said.

"The state of Uttar Pradesh has over 1,05,000 revenue villages, of which over 10,000 already have access to drinking water through pipelines. With the implementation of the scheme in Uttar Pradesh, we ensured that all the implementing agencies and contractors would be responsible for its maintenance for 10 years after the completion of the work," the CM said.

He pointed out that the untimely deaths reported earlier in eastern Uttar Pradesh were due to encephalitis, which occured due to open defecation and impure drinking water.

"There were sufficient water resources, and people generally did not face a problem with water quantity. There was a significant increase in complaints (earlier) of untimely deaths due to contaminated water. I will give just one example: there are sufficient water resources in eastern Uttar Pradesh, yet every year, thousands of deaths occur there due to encephalitis. When we analysed all these death figures, it was discovered that these deaths were occurring due to open defecation and impure drinking water," CM Adityanath said.

"Today, under the Jal Jeevan Mission, pure drinking water has become available in those villages and toilets have been built in every house. In areas where more than 50,000 deaths had occurred over 40 years, today I am happy to share that in the last five years, we have succeeded in bringing the death toll down to zero," he added.

The Uttar Pradesh CM attributed this success to the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

"I attribute this success to the vision of the Hon'ble Prime Minister, who launched and implemented the 'toilets in every house' scheme under the Swachh Bharat Mission and the 'tap in every home' scheme under the Jal Jeevan Mission," he said.

- ANI

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Priya S
Finally! My nani's village in eastern UP has suffered for decades. If they can truly bring encephalitis deaths to zero, that is a massive achievement. The link between Swachh Bharat and clean water is so important. Implementation is key now.
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Rohit P
Good step, but I'll believe it when I see it. UP has a history of grand announcements and poor ground-level execution. 10,000 villages out of 1,05,000 is less than 10%. The pace needs to pick up dramatically. The contractor accountability is a good model though.
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Sarah B
As someone who has worked in public health in India, this is the kind of integrated approach that saves lives. Tackling water quality and sanitation together is the only way to prevent diseases like encephalitis. Hoping for transparent monitoring of the funds and work.
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Vikram M
Bahut accha kaam hai. Every mother in rural UP worries about her children drinking dirty water. If this promise is kept, it will be a bigger blessing than any freebie. Jai Hind!
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Karthik V
Respectfully, while the goal is noble, the article reads like a government press release. I'd like to see more independent data on the "zero deaths" claim and details on the funding. Centre-state cooperation is good, but let's ensure it's not just for photo-ops.

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