In an attempt to ensure that villagers too could get pure drinking water the state government is contemplating to RO water purifier plants in all the over one lakh villages to cater quality drinking water at subsidized rates.
State Rural development department is making a detailed project report for setting up these RO (reverse Osmosis) plants in the villages in a phase manner after seeking financial assistance from the World Bank.
“These RO plants would serve double purpose for the government. While it will provide quality drinking water to the villagers, it will also give employment to around eight youths of the each villages where these plants will be set up. These youths will run these plants,” said Madhukar Jaitley, advisor to externally aided projects department UP government. Jaitley also holds the rank of minister of state.
As per the WHO report, around 22 crore population of UP spends Rs 6000 crore annually on the treatment of water.“When implemented people will get clean and pure drinking water and could avoid the diseases incurred due to contaminated water,” he claimed in a press statement.
The gram panchayats would be made the sole authority for choosing the spot for setting up these plants in the village besides it will operate and maintain the plant.
“Government will charge a nominal fee per bottle which could be less than 10 paise per bottle to maintain the plant and pay wages to the youths to be employed to run these plants,” Jaitley said.