‘Sgr getting sufficient portable water supply’
Jammu: Minister for Jal Shakti, Javed Ahmad Rana Thursday informed the House that crate protection works are being undertaken under Flood Management Project Phase-II along river Jhelum, wherever required.
He was replying to a question raised by Peerzada Mohammad Syed in the Legislative Assembly.
The Minister stated that crate protection works are being undertaken at specific locations depending upon the vulnerability/weak spots. He said that these works will be completed by the end of March, 2025 at an estimated cost of Rs. 84.00 lakh.
Regarding the beautification work on river banks of Jhelum from Mehandi Kadal to Donipawa, the Minister informed that Irrigation and Flood Control Department does not have any exclusive budget to undertake beautification work on river banks. He said that the mandate of the department is to undertake anti-erosion works to prevent the bank damage, sloughing and breaching due to floodwaters.
MLAs, Basheer Ahmad Veeri and Tanvir Sadiq raised supplementary on the question.
Rana also informed the House that all areas in Srinagar have been covered and the people are being supplied scheduled portable water supply by the department.
The Minister was responding to a question from legislator Shamima Firdous.
The Minister said that the government is committed to facilitate supply of essential services to the people and ensure timely repairing of defunct water supply schemes.
He maintained that no water supply pipeline is defunct in Srinagar city and whenever any distribution line gets damaged, the same is restored under stage contracts and the damaged pipelines beyond repair are replaced by new pipelines properly.
The Minister said that the department is providing sufficient potable water supply as per schedule of existing water treatment plants and currently there is no area as uncovered.
MLA, Mubarak Gul, also raised supplementary questions on the question.
Replying to another question raised by MLA Reyaz Ahmad Khan, the Minister said that, PHE works are being executed by PHE Division Bijbehara while as irrigation works are being looked after by Irrigation Division Anantnag and flood related works are being executed by the Flood Control Division Anantnag for Shangus.
The Minister said that there is no requirement for creating these facilities separately for Shangus as of now. He assured that the government is committed to provide all basic facilities to the people in all far flung areas.
