RS. 30.65 CRORE RELEASED FOR RURAL DRINKING WATER TO UTTAR PRADESH
AND UTTARANCHAL
The Ministry of Rural Development
has released Rs. 3065 lakh for rural drinking water to Uttar Pradesh
and Uttaranchal under centrally sponsored Accelerated Rural Water
Supply Programme (ARWSP) of Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water
Mission (RGNDWM) for the year 2002-03. Out of this, Rs. 2530.30
lakh is for Uttar Pradesh and Rs. 534.70 lakh for Uttaranchal.
The funds will be utilized for execution/completion of schemes
to provide safe drinking water facilities to rural habitations
and schools. Priority is to be accorded to cover Partially Covered
and water quality affected habitations of these States. The States
should meet targets out of the funds released under ARWSP along
with their matching grants.
Uttar Pradesh has to cover 3811 schools,
as per the targets for the year 2002-03. With the present release,
the State has received Rs. 6511 lakh against provisional allocation
of Rs. 13022 lakh, as first installment for the year. Uttaranchal
has a target of covering 34 Not Covered, 500 Partially Covered
habitations and 229 schools. With this, Rs. 1541.50 lakh stands
released to the State as first installment under ARWSP, during
2002-03.
The Ministry has also released
Rs. 3,27,37,500 under Drought Prone Areas Programme (DPAP) to
Uttaranchal for planning and development of 97 watershed projects
in the districts: Almora/Bageshwar (Rs.81 lakh ;24 Projects),
Chamoli (Rs.54 lakh; 16 Projects), Pauri Garhwal(Rs.91.125 lakh
; 30 Projects), Pithoragarh/Champavath (Rs. 30.375 lakh ; 15 Projects)
and Tehri Garhwal (Rs. 40.50 lakh ; 12 Projects).
Under the same programme, Uttar
Pradesh gets Rs. 5.33,25,000 for palnning and development of 158
watershed projects in twelve districts of the state. The districts
are: Allahabad (Rs. 16.875 lakh ;5 Projects), Baharaich (Rs. 135
lakh ;40 Projects), Shravasti (Rs. 54 lakh;16 Projects), Balrampur
(Rs. 54 lakh;16 Projects), Banda (Rs. 81 lakh;24 Projects), Hamirpur
(Rs. 20.25 lakh ;6 Projects), Jalaun (Rs. 20.25 lakh;6 Projects),
Jhansi (Rs. 50.625 lakh ;15 Projects), Lakhimpur Kheri (Rs. 27
lakh ;8 Projects), Mahoba (Rs. 20.25 lakh ;6 Projects), Mirzapur
(Rs. 13.50 lakh; 4 Projects) and Sitapur (Rs. 40.50 lakh ;12 Projects).
Besides, under the same programme
Uttar Pradesh also gets Rs. 87.03 lakh for Banda district for
watershed projects during 2002-03. The Ministry has released Rs.
202.50 lakh so far to the district.
