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Water supply and sanitation in Uttar Pradesh, India has seen recent advancements in ensuring comprehensive access and quality. The northern state has a historical record of falling below the national average on critical metrics, leading to sanitation and water access becoming a political focal point, particularly in regions like Bundelkhand.
Rank State Percentage of households with access to safe drinking water(2011) 1: Rajasthan: 97.6 2: Tamil Nadu: 95.1 3: Bihar: 94.0 4: Haryana: 93.8 5: Himachal Pradesh
In July, at least 105 individuals across Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, and Delhi, were killed over a two-week period of intense rain and flooding, with thousands of others evacuated to relief camps. [4] The floods have led to closure of schools, disruption of flights and train operations in various parts of North India. [1] [5] [6]
Flooding from 11-12 July killed 54 people and affected 1.8 million people in 923 villages in Uttar Pradesh. [9] In Himachal Pradesh, flooding and landslides killed 31 people and left 33 missing from 27 June to 16 August. [10]
The heavy rainfall raised the water level of the Gomti River above the danger mark of 8.5 metres (28 feet) in Lucknow. The river also received additional water from its tributaries, including the Sai, Kathana, and Kukrail. The flood situation was worsened by the city's inadequate drainage system, which was unable to handle the runoff from urban ...
Kanpur is often regarded as the heart of Uttar Pradesh. Kanpur had been the major financial and industrial centre of North India and also the ninth-largest urban economy in India. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] Today it is famous for its colonial architecture, gardens, sweets, dialect, lively culture and fine quality leather , plastic and textile products which ...
The Lower Sharda Barrage [2] [3] is constructed on the Sharda River, about 163.5 km downstream of the Upper Sharda Barrage.. This project is part of the Sharda Sahayak Pariyojana [4] and primarily depends on water diverted from the Karnali (Ghaghra) at Girjapur through the Sharda Sahayak link canal of 28.4 km length for over eight months in the year during the lean season; but it indents on ...
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