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In the
year 1975, the state government
promulgated the Uttar
Pradesh water supply and
sewerage act, 1975 through
U.P. act. No 43 of 1975
empowering itself to constitute
a corporation by the name
of Uttar Pradesh Jal Nigam
with effect from a date
to be notified in the
Gazette. Gazette notification
No. 2516(2)/xvii-v-1-60-1978
dated 18th September 1978
States that UP act No.43
of 1975 shall be deemed
to have come into force
on June 18, 1975. Which
has become the date of
creation of UP Jal Nigam
as well. In accordance
to principal provisions
of section 37 of the act
No 43 of 1975, every person
who was employed in the
LSGED of the state govt.
shall become employee
of the Nigam subject to
various mandatory conditions.
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Under
the above Act, provision
was made that if in the
opinion of the State Government,
local conditions so require,
for the improvement of
water supply and sewerage
services in any area,
it may constitute a body
to be known as Jal Sansthan
for the area. As such,
Jal Sansthans were created
in 5 KAVAL towns i.e.,
Kanpur, Allahabad, Varanasi,
Agra & Lucknow. Three
Jal Sansthans were also
created namely Jhansi
Dvision Jal Sansthan for
Bundelkhand region, Kumaon
Jal Sansthan for Kumaon
region, Garhwal Jal Sansthan
for Garhwal region. While
the KAVAL Jal Sansthan
were made responsible
for the operation and
maintenance of water supply
and sewerage systems of
respective towns, the
regional Jal Sansthans
were given power for Operation
and maintenance of rural
and urban Water Supply
and sewerage works falling
under their specific jurisdiction
as notified in the Gazette.
The Jhansi Jal Sansthan
was further bifurcated
into Jhansi Jal Sansthan
with HQ at Jhansi and
Chitrakoot Dham Jal Sansthan
with HQ at Kawi.
U.P.Jal Nigam has been
given power to prepare,
execute & promote
water supply, sewerage/
River pollution Control
Works etc all over the
state. U.P.Jal Nigam shall
hand over such works for
maintenance to local bodies
in urban areas and to
respective Jal Sansthans,
in their jurisdiction.
In the rural area, other
than as specified in the
jurisdiction of Jal Sansthan,
water supply projects
are being maintained by
U.P.Jal Nigam. Hand pumps
in rural areas all over
UP were earlier maintained
by UP Jal Nigam, which
have been handed over
to respective village
panchayats.
In the Year 2000, the
Government of India promulgated
an act No 29 on 25th August
2000 in the name of the
Uttar Pradesh Reorganization
Act, 2000 to provide for
the reorganization of
the existing state of
Uttar Pradesh & for
matters connected therewith.
In accordance with this
act a new state named
as UTTRANCHAL was formed
comprising of 13 districts
of the existing state
of Uttar Pradesh. These
districts are named below.
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