Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 21: To ensure that irrigation water reaches at the tail ends, the Minister for PHE, Irrigation & Flood Control, Sham Lal Sharma today conducted an extensive tour of R.S.Pura and Bishnah areas and inspected the on-going renovation and repair works on the main canal and its distributaries.
MLA R.S. Pura, Prof. Gharu Ram Bhagat, MLA Bishnah, Ashwani Sharma, Chief Engineer, Irrigation & Flood Control, K.K. Gupta, Chief Engineer, RTIC, V.K. Badyal, Executive Engineer, Kuldeep Magotra, SDM, R.S.Pura, Suraj Rakwal and other officers of the department accompanied the Minister.
The Minister inspected the entire stretch of Ranbir canal and its distributaries right from Jeevan Nagar to tail end points of R.S. Pura and Bishnah tehsils.
While expressing satisfaction over the progress, the Minister directed the engineers to speed up the pace and complete the desilting work so that the water is released in the canal at the earliest. He directed the officers to make judicious use of funds and maintain the quality of works.
The Minister also inspected the PHE and Irrigation stations in the twin tehsils and directed the concerned to ensure work culture and proper upkeep of Government assets.
In view of the poor maintenance of PHE reservoir at village Kotla Camp (Krewa) falling under the jurisdiction of PHE Division, Samba, the Minister imposed a fine of Rs. 5000 each on concerned Executive Engineer and Assistant Executive Engineer and called their explanation as well.
En-route, the Minister also interacted with the locals and listened to their problems related to drinking water and irrigation faciliies. He issued on-the spot instructions to the concerned officers to address the problems on priority.
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