Tap water on paper, no proper accounts, says J&K probe panel

SRINAGAR: Tap water existing only on paper, people in some areas still having to hire horses for “transporting drinking water to their houses”, water pipes abandoned and littered around at some places are some of the damning observations in the report by a J&K assembly committee that was formed to probe alleged irregularities in the implementation of the Rs 13,000-crore Jal Jeevan Mission scheme in the union territory announced by PM Modi on Aug 15, 2019, with a target of completing it by 2024.The 13-member committee, formed on April 9, 2024, following widespread allegations of irregularities in the implementation of the scheme, tabled its report in the J&K House on Monday.As per the report, overall target achievement of work execution across the union territory was still 37.28 percent.Most of the JJM schemes in Udhampur are “classic examples of good paper work, contrary to field work and ground situation,” it said.…