JAMMU, Feb 13: During discussions on grants of Jal Shakti Dept, lot of MLAs including Sham Lal, Rajiv Jasrotia and Balwant Mankotia strongly questioned House Committee on JJM as report has not been submitted & nearly one year is being over after formation of said committee to detect frauds in JJM in J&K?
Minister for Jal Shakti, Forest, Ecology, Environment and Tribal Affairs Departments, Javed Ahmed Rana today said that there was a liability of over Rs 1500 crores in respect of Jal Jeevan Mission Scheme in the Jammu and Kashmir while over 1000 Non-gazetted posts in the Jal Shakti department have been referred to the J&K Service Selection Board for recruitment.
BJP MLA Rajiv Jasrotia said that even after spending Rs 8000-9000 crores under Jal Jeevan Mission, people were still deprived of the safe drinking water in Jammu and Kashmir thus failing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision for Har Ghar Jal and demaded actions
BJP MLA Sham Lal Sharma said said Rs 13,000 crore were sanctioned and Rs 9200 crore have been spent. The Government needs to see the ground realities and said out of 282 schemes in Jammu district a“Show me that 15 schemes out of them are functioning at present.”
MLA Darhal, Muzaffar Iqbal Khan also urged the Minister to explore alternate ways for allotment of funds to ensure completion of JJM Schemes. He alleged that despite no supply of water through the pipes laid down under incomplete JJM scheme, PHE officials were forcing people to pay water charges with the plea that the department would stop their salary if water bills are not get cleared.
MLA Chenani, Balwant Singh Mankotia alleged that JJM Schemes in Jammu and Kashmir have been implemented on papers only. He accused the PHE Department of projecting misleading figures in the Economic Survey Report , according to which, 80 percent water supply schemes have been completed and only 19 percent are pending because of funding issue.
Independent MLA from Bani, Dr Rameshwar Singh said that Rolka, Banjal, Sadhota and several other areas of Bani are facing water shortage and the affective measures be taken to provide water to these areas. He said pipes were laid in Rolka area but water could not reach to the village due to faulty planning.
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