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Dehradun, July 9 (HS). Irrigation and Water Resources Minister Satpal Maharaj urged Union Jal Shakti Minister CR Patil to provide the remaining amount of Rs 112.50 crore for the Jamrani Dam project for the financial year 2024-25. Along with this, he also requested to provide the remaining amount of Rs 4200 crore received from the Center under Jal Jeevan Mission.
Minister Satpal Maharaj met Union Jal Shakti Minister CR Patil on Tuesday before participating in the review meeting of Jal Jeevan Mission organized at Jal Shakti Ministry, Government of India, New Delhi and presented him a replica of Baba Kedarnath. During this, Minister Maharaj told the Union Jal Shakti Minister that the Jamrani Dam Project costs Rs 2584.10 crore. The state government had released an amount of Rs 200 crore in the financial year 2023-24 for the rehabilitation work of the project. At present, the work has started by completing the tender process for the construction of the main dam of the project as well as completing the contract formation. An amount of Rs 157.50 crore was released as central share from the Ministry for the project for the financial year 2024-25. The remaining central share of Rs 112.50 crore (270.00-157.50) of the desired amount of Rs 300.00 crore for the financial year 2024-25 should be released immediately.
During the review meeting, the Irrigation Minister urged Union Jal Shakti Minister Patil that due to the geographical conditions of Uttarakhand state and limited road transport facilities, garbage collection vehicles are not able to reach more than 75 percent of the hilly areas of the state. To solve this problem, high capacity vehicles are required at additional collector level, hence additional financial provisions should be made for the state under Jal Jeevan Mission.
He told the Union Jal Shakti Minister that a budget of Rs 900 crore has been provisioned for the state of Uttarakhand under the Jal Jeevan Mission, out of which 90 per cent is allocated by the Central Government and 10 per cent by the State Government. He said that for the financial year 2024-25, an amount of about Rs 4200 crore is to be allocated to the state by the Central Government.
Minister Maharaj informed the Jal Shakti Minister that there is a provision to provide minimum 55 liters of pure drinking water per day to each person under Jal Jeevan Mission in the mountainous (rural) areas of Uttarakhand. Whereas there is a provision to provide 135 liters of pure drinking water in urban areas. He requested the Jal Shakti Minister that since Uttarakhand is a tourist state, lakhs of tourists visit here. There are many hotels and homestays in the mountainous areas, so the amount of pure water for the mountainous region should be increased according to the standards of the urban area. He also said that there is no provision of water for animals under Jal Jeevan Mission. He said that it is necessary to integrate Jal Nigam and Jal Sansthan to set the target of Jal Jeevan Mission.
During the review meeting, the Irrigation Minister invited Union Jal Shakti Minister S.R. Patil and Union Minister of State for Jal Shakti Veeranna Somanna to visit Kedarnath-Badrinath and said that the targets set by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for Uttarakhand under the Jal Jeevan Mission will be accomplished on time under the leadership of Chief Minister Dhami.
