(News) UP government will Install 50 solar cycle potable water plants in Bundelkhand

The Uttar Pradesh state government has ordered the installation of 50 solar cycle potable water plants in Bundelkhand to tackle the acute drought and drinking water crisis in the region.

“Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has issued instructions to officials to install solar cycle potable water plants in 50 villages of Bundelkhand so that the water crisis in the region could be tackled at the earliest,” an official told IANS on Thursday.

According to the official, the plants are part of a pilot project in the first phase.

The orders to the chief secretary and the principal secretary (irrigation) were issued in view of the utility of a similar solar cycle potable water plant in village Kurauni of the Sarojininagar development block in Lucknow, where 20,000 litres of pure drinking water was available in 24-hours.

(News) UP government will Install 50 solar cycle potable water plants in Bundelkhand