Govt taking steps to improve water supply in Karnah: Sham Lal Chowdhery

5 Dariya News

Srinagar 28-May-2016

The Minister for PHE, Irrigation & Flood Control Sham Lal Choudhary said that the Government is taking measures to improve the water supply scenario in Gabra Amrohee and Hanji Tara area of tehsil Karnah.The Minister was replying to a question raised by Javid Ahmad Mirchal.The Minister informed the House that new Water Supply Scheme Gabra for Gabra Amrohee area has been proposed at an estimated cost of Rs 65 lakh under district sector and work on the scheme will be started during the current financial year.The Minister further informed that for Hanji Tara area, the Department has taken up Water Supply Scheme Hanji Tara Dhani at an estimated cost of Rs 70 lakh under district sector during previous financial year on which an amount of Rs 5 lakh was incurred up to March 2016.Rs. 3383.014 Cr collected from NHPC as water usage charges: Sham Choudhary

Minister for PHE, Irrigation & Flood Control Sham Lal Choudhary said that an amount of Rs. 3383.014 crore has been collected from the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) on account of water usage charges till date.The Minister was replying to a question by Naresh Kumar Gupta.The Minister informed the house that an amount of Rs 3455.526 crore including interest has been transferred to Finance Department on account of NHPC water usage charges. While as, he said, the water usage charges deposited by JKSPDC are Rs 20 crore till date.  Mr. Sham Choudhary further informed that the J&K State Water Resources Regulatory Authority was constituted by the Government in October 2012 which has lived its time period. The constitution of new Authority is under process, he added.Sajjad Kichloo and Yasir Reshi raised supplementaries to the question.