New Delhi, Dec 14 (PTI) Filmstar Amitabh Bachchan's ancestral Babu Patti village in Uttar Pradesh's Pratapgarh district is all set to get a facelift as a Maharashtra-based NGO has planned a series of development projects there.

A Maharashtra-based NGO, Harivansh Rai Bachchan Prabodhan Pratishthan, has pledged Rs 1 crore for the project, which has been approved by the Uttar Pradesh government under its Matrubhoomi scheme.

"We plan to build entrance gates, concrete roads, solar-powered street lights, a clean drinking water system, sanitation blocks and public parks in the village," said NGO president Nivrutti Yadav.

Yadav's organisation has already developed former chief of defence staff Bipin Rawat's ancestral Saina village in Uttarakhand and Maharashtra's remote Wangeturi village, which

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