The Jal Jeevan Mission achieved new heights with two districts of Uttar Pradesh –Ghaziabad and Mahoba –joining the three-star category of the mission.
This was revealed in the latest survey report released by the Government of India on Wednesday.
With this accomplishment, Uttar Pradesh now joins a select group of states where a significant number of districts have consistently ranked among the top five in the survey from October to December.
The Har Ghar Nal Yojana has made significant progress in Uttar Pradesh with the percentage of rural families with access to tap water surpassing 25 points on Saturday itself.
Ghaziabad has joined the achievers' category by becoming one of the best performing districts. Along with this, Shahjahanpur, Jhansi and Chitrakoot are included in the category of ‘two-star performers' whereas Kasganj, Fatehpur and Shravasti figure in the aspirants' category.
Mahoba, one of the fast-growing districts, has earned a three-star rating, placing it in the category of ‘achievers.’ In addition, Jhansi, Chitrakoot, and Jalaun are rated in the two-star category. Kasganj and Amroha are included in the aspirant category with one star rating.
Among the fast moving districts, Lalitpur, Mirzapur and Hamirpur bagged two-star rating whereas Banda and Jhansi were included in the aspirants' category with one-star rating.
Shahjahanpur, Bulandshahr, and Bareilly were among the best performing districts of UP in the month of October in the Jal Jeevan Mission survey. Not only this, the fastest growing districts also included Shahjahanpur, Mirzapur and Bulandshahr.
Similarly, in the month of November, Shahjahanpur, Bareilly and Chitrakoot were included in the aspirants' category and Mahoba in the performing districts category. Among the fast moving districts, Chitrakoot and Jhansi were ranked in the aspirants' category while Mahoba and Mirzapur figured in the performers' category.