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| PHE executes schemes worth Rs 4 cr in violation of norms | | | Arun Singh
Early Times Report
JAMMU, May 24: The Public Health Engineering Department, in violation of guidelines under "Sustainability component" of National Rural Drinking Water Programme, got executed dozens of schemes at a cost of over Rs 4 crore.
Sources told Early Times that as per programme guidelines any recharging structure meant for overall management of water resources which do not directly recharge drinking water sources were not eligible for funding under Sustainability Component" of the programme.
They further informed that PHE department took up around 568 schemes under "Sustainability Component" for execution and out of which only 14 schemes were completed and rest were under execution.
"There were total 15 schemes which had no direct bearing on the recharge of drinking water sources and were meant for overall management of water resources viz. construction of pump houses/ gang hut, procurement of pipes, construction of cut walls, laying and fitting of pipes for additional source etc., were executed under the 'sustainability component' of the programme at a cost of Rs 4.30 crore as of in 16 divisions" they informed.
They said that the structures were part of water supply schemes and were as such to be constructed alongwith the execution of these rural water supply schemes. It was due to non framing of action plan, the funds received were advanced to the Mechanical and Procurement Division, Jammu. |
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