{"id":31617,"date":"2026-10-01T01:45:36","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T01:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/?p=31617"},"modified":"2026-10-01T01:45:36","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T01:45:36","slug":"minister-rules-out-blanket-audit-of-jjm-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/2026\/10\/01\/minister-rules-out-blanket-audit-of-jjm-scheme\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister rules out blanket audit of JJM scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Says no need to constitute committee to probe procurement of pipes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Srinagar, Sep 30: Minister for Public Health Engineering (PHE), Flood Control and Irrigation Javed Rana on Wednesday announced that only those schemes identified by the House Committee, or flagged by MLAs, would be audited by District Development Commissioners.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in the Legislative Assembly, as per news agency\u2014Kashmir News Observer (KNO), the Minister said that all schemes under the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) recommended for blanket audit by the House Committee headed by Justice Hasnain Masoodi would not be subjected to such scrutiny.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe House Committee has recommended a blanket audit of all JJM schemes. This would amount to yet another probe and could keep execution of these schemes halted. Many Hon\u2019ble Members have stated in writing that there is no irregularity in their constituencies and that JJM schemes should continue. I therefore propose that only the schemes identified by the Committee or any Hon\u2019ble Member as having issues be subjected to a comprehensive audit by the respective District Development Commissioners through teams comprising technical and financial experts,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister said the department was of the view that a high\u2011level committee, as recommended by the House Committee, was not required. \u201cThe Department will also examine the other recommendations and take necessary steps to address the concerns raised. Therefore, there is no need for any further action by this Hon\u2019ble House on the recommendations of the Committee, and the matter may be treated as closed,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>He further announced that no payments would be released in schemes under audit until the outcome was known. \u201cFunding and execution of the remaining schemes, where no issues have been reported, must be allowed to progress,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>On the issue of procurement of pipes, the Minister said the Anti\u2011Corruption Bureau had already closed the matter as \u201cnot substantiated.\u201d \u201cRegarding procurement of pipes under JJM, I want to inform the House that the total value of pipes procured is approximately Rs 3,100 crore, of which HDPE pipes account for only Rs 273 crore, not Rs 600 crore as stated in the report. All procurements were made as per the financial powers under S.O. 15 of 2020. A complaint in this regard has already been examined by the Anti\u2011Corruption Bureau, and it has closed the matter as \u2018Not Substantiated.\u2019 A protest petition against the closure report was dismissed by the Anti\u2011Corruption Court. There is therefore no need for another Committee on the same issue,\u201d he said. (KNO)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Says no need to constitute committee to probe procurement of pipes Srinagar, Sep 30: Minister for Public Health Engineering (PHE), Flood Control and Irrigation Javed Rana on Wednesday announced that only those schemes identified by the House Committee, or flagged by MLAs, would be audited by District Development Commissioners. 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