Lucknow, July 27 -- Uttar Pradesh, which once struggled with water scarcity and declining groundwater levels, is now carving out a distinct identity in water conservation.
The state has achieved the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG-6) benchmark for water management after reducing its groundwater extraction rate to 70%, state officials said on Monday.
Under the leadership of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, water conservation has evolved from being merely a government scheme into a large-scale public participation campaign.
According to the state government, the groundwater extraction rate declined from 71.26% in 2017 to 70% in 2025, enabling Uttar Pradesh to meet the SDG-6 benchmark.
The improvement was driven by a ser...