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| Rural drinking water schemes directed to urban areas | | | Arun Singh
Jammu, June 18: Flouting the guidelines of National Rural Drinking Water Programme under centrally sponsored scheme aiming to provide safe drinking water to the habitations of the rural areas, over dozen schemes were executed in urban areas of the state.
Sources told Early Times that nearly 13 schemes were executed in urban areas of Jammu and Srinagar cities at a cost of Rs 12.60 crore in violation of the norms. Further, 529 hand pumps were constructed in these areas at a cost of Rs 5.91 crore in last five years by two Ground Water and Drilling Divisions Jammu and Srinagar from the programme funds, they further adding that Rs 18.51 crore was incurred on the construction of ineligible schemes and hand pumps only on the behest of legislators.
"The guidelines of the programme envisage to provide safe drinking water to the habitations of the rural areas and taking up of schemes for the habitations not falling under the rural areas is not permissible under the programme," they said.
They further said that several other water supply schemes were taken up under other sectors again in violation of programme guidelines which do not provide for taking over of left over schemes of other programmes. They said over 31 rural water supply schemes were taken up during 2009-13 for execution under the programme at an estimated cost of Rs 57.67 crore by 11 divisions and an expenditure of Rs 46.84 crore was incurred under the programme upto March 2013 as these schemes were also found executed under the NABARD/ LIC assisted and Minimum Needs Programme of the State Government. Similarly, 22 rural water supply schemes taken up for execution at an estimated cost of Rs 25.86 crore under NABARD/ LIC assisted and Minimum Needs (District sector) Programme of the State Government and after incurring an expenditure of Rs 18.60 crore as of March 2013 thereon were again taken up for execution under the Programme at an estimated cost of Rs 37 crore and an expenditure of Rs 10.54 crore was incurred on these schemes as of March 2013. |
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