Villages of UP will be illuminated with 5 crore lamps
51 lakh rural families will celebrate water Diwali
Festive atmosphere with pure water reaching homes
Water will be celebrated in every village that has been declared water, Deepawali
Lucknow: In UP, there will be a celebration of reaching door-to-door pure water. Before Diwali, lamps will be lit in the houses. Deepotsav will be celebrated with enthusiasm and gaiety. Jal Jeevan Mission is going to take a unique initiative to celebrate Har Ghar Jal Diwali. This event will be the most unique in the country and the world. Its preparation has been completed.
Giving this information, the Jal Shakti Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Swatantra Dev Singh said that 51 lakh families of the state have been connected in the Har Ghar Jal Diwali festival.
The state will be illuminated with more than five crore diyas on this day. If the lights of diyas in the houses twinkle, then the panchayat buildings will be decorated with colorful fringes. Sweets will be distributed. Rangoli will also be made. People would congratulate each other on reaching home with pure drinking water. People will be made aware to drink pure water by organizing cultural events on Panchayats. Voluntary organizations working from village to village will present a pot full of water to the Panchayat representatives on this day.
The Jal Shakti Minister informed that under the Jal Jeevan Mission, the supply of drinking water has been started by laying pipelines in the Gram Panchayats. Namami Gange and Rural Water Supply Department have made preparations to celebrate Water Diwali on October 20 in those villages. By Thursday, the department is going to fulfill the target of connecting 51 lakh families across the state with pure drinking water.
Officials are working to complete it. Jal Shakti Minister Swatantra Dev Singh reviewed the preparations for Jal Deepawali at every house in all the districts of the state by holding a virtual conference on Wednesday. He said that so far 50,58,783 rural families have been provided with pure drinking water from taps. The target of connecting more than 51 lakh families with water supply is being fulfilled. During this, he also congratulated the officers and employees on the occasion of Diwali.
The Jal Shakti Minister said that Yogi ji’s government is leaving no stone unturned in fulfilling the dream of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to provide pure drinking water to the villages, poor, farmers and the needy. Jal Jeevan Mission is setting new records of progress in Uttar Pradesh.
