More powers to panchayats: The thrust of the new Water Policy of Uttar Pradesh is devolution of irrigation officials' powers to the village Panchayat through Water Users Body.The Kalyan Singh Cabinet in Uttar Pradesh has approved the Water Policy of the state keeping in mind the growing demand of potable, drinking and irrigation water in the next century, as the population of the state would be touching 27 crore by 2020 A.D.