JAMMU, APRIL 01, KDC: The Legislative Assembly today granted two months’ extension to the House Committee on Jal Jeevan Mission to submit its report.
The motion was accepted and extension was granted through voice vote.
The Chairman of the House Committee, Justice Hasnain Masoodi, moved a motion which reads, “that this house do extend the tenure of the House Committee on Jal Jeevan Mission for a further period of three (3) months to enable it to complete its assigned task and submit report.”
The House noted that the Committee required time to check works executed under JJM across Jammu and Kashmir and granted three months extension to it to submit the report.
Speaker Legislative Assembly, Abdul Rahim Rather, said that major part of the work has been completed by the House Committee, however, it requires more time to submit the report as there are 3200 WSSs to be examined.
Earlier, Legislators Aijaz Jan, Sham Lal Sharma, Sajad Gani Lone, Mir Saifullah, Nazir Ahmad Khan (Gurezi), Nizam-ud-din Bhat, Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami and Peerzada Farooq Ahmad Shah raised issues and concerns regarding the implementation of JJM.
The Members asserted for augmenting completed WSSs for public, release of deposits against completed works and execution of pending works under JJM. (KDC)
