<span style="color: #222222;">Ministry of Jal Shakti has informed that 735 Schemes related to Drinking Water Supply in Uttar Pradesh have been approved. As per the approval, tap water connections will be provided to over four lakh rural households of the state. The Ministry in a statement said that the State-Level Scheme Sanctioning Committee of Uttar Pradesh approved the proposals submitted by the state worth one thousand 882 crore rupees for making provision of tap water connections in rural areas. These schemes will cover a population of 39 lakh in one thousand 262 villages. The Ministry said that under Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM), there is a provision for the constitution of State- Level Scheme Sanctioning Committee for consideration and approval of schemes to be taken up for making provision of tap water supply to rural households.<br />''</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">To translate Prime Minister Modi's vision of providing clean tap water to every household and freeing women and girls from the drudgery of fetching water from a distance, the National Jal Jeevan Mission has already released two thousand 400 crore rupees grant-in-aid to Uttar Pradesh during 2021-22. In Uttar Pradesh, there are 2.64 crore rural households in over 97 thousand villages, out of which now 34 lakh households have a tap water supply.</span><br />''