According to officials, more than 4.80 lakh women in rural Uttar Pradesh have been trained in water quality testing, while about 7.50 lakh youth have been trained in an initiative by the state’s Jal Shakti Ministry of Plumbing, Electrical Works and other skills have been trained.
Field test kits (FTKs) were provided to these women for the water tests — five from each financial village in the state, a senior ministry official said.
“Now these rural women are checking the water sources from village to village.” “Thanks to their efforts, the health of the village is improving and water-borne diseases are being controlled,” the official said.
He said that in addition to training over 4.80 lakh women in each village in the state so far, technical training has been provided to around 7.50 lakh youth, helping them find employment opportunities in their own villages.
“In the meantime, the young people have completed training as plumbers, electricians, car mechanics, locksmiths and bricklayers. “Those who complete the training will be linked to employment as local pump operators in villages,” the official told PTI, asking not to be named.
Among the 75 districts, most trainings were conducted in Jaunpur (23,010), followed by Azamgarh (22,836), Sitapur (20,790), Prayagraj (20,007), Hardoi (16,944), Gorakhpur (16,882) and Ghazipur (16,081). , Bareilly (15,509) and Deoria (15,405), according to official data accessed by PTI.
In addition, over 37,500 people have been trained in Banda, Chitrakoot, Hamirpur, Jhansi, Jalaun, Lalitpur and Mahoba – the seven districts of UP that make up the arid Bundelkhand region on the northern border of Madhya Pradesh.
In Bundelkhand, the highest number of training courses were conducted in Jalaun (7,488), followed by Jhansi (6,435), Banda (6,078), Lalitpur (5,371), Chitrakoot (4,307), Hamirpur (4,290) and Mahoba (3,549). data show.
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