Lucknow, Feb. 9 -- Water supply to all households in the Bundelkhand and Vindhya regions must be completed within 30 days, Swatantra Dev Singh, UP Jal Shakti minister, has directed.

While reviewing the Jal Jeevan Mission works in Vindhya and Bundelkhand on Monday in Lucknow, the water resources minister gave an ultimatum to companies working on the project, stating that if the work is not completed within 30 days, FIRs will be filed against the companies and their contracts will be terminated.

The orders for strictness come days after an incident where the Jal Shakti minister had a face-off with an MLA of his own party, Brijbhushan Singh Rajput, who stopped his convoy on a highway to protest alleged water scheme lapses.

Speaking to the...