Dr Singh chairs meeting to fast-track implementation of Ujh Multipurpose (National) Project,

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New Delhi : Minister of State for Development of North Eastern Region (I/C), Prime Minister’s Office, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh, and Rattan Lal Kataria, Union Minister of State for Jal Shakti, chaired a meeting on February 3, 2020, to fast-track the implementation of Ujh Multipurpose (National) Project, Jammu & Kashmir.

Secretary (WR, RD & GR), Ministry of Jal Shakti, other officers from Ministry of Jal Shakti, Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Power, State Government of Punjab, and UT of J&K participated in the Meeting.

As per Government’s commitment to fast track utilisation of India’s rights under Indus Waters Treaty, the project is planned to be constructed in Kathua District of J&K over river Ujh, a major tributary of river Ravi. This project will store around 781 Million Cubic meter of waters of river Ujh. After construction of the project, utilisation of waters of Eastern Rivers allotted to India as per the Indus Water Treaty would be enhanced by utilising of the flow that presently goes across border unutilised.

It was decided that the project will be constructed in two stages. The stage-I of the project costing about Rs 5,850 crore has already been accepted by Advisory Committee of DoWR, RD & GR, Ministry of Jal Shakti, and will now be presented before Expenditure Finance Committee for firming up the funding arrangements, according to a PIB release.