Archive · 1 Oct 2026
Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Unites Over Jal Jeevan Delays
The Jal Jeevan Mission is a program carrying out public works in Jammu and Kashmir.
Many projects under the program have been delayed.
Contractors also say they have not been paid on time, according to concerns raised in the Assembly.
A committee examined more than 3,000 projects over the past year.
Its report was 1,252 pages long.
The report accused the administrative machinery of serious negligence.
Members of different political parties agreed that the delays were a problem.
They said some public works had not been completed while the investigation continued.
Jammu and Kashmir legislators across party lines raised concerns about delays in Jal Jeevan Mission projects.
A House committee’s 1,252-page report alleged “gross negligence of administrative machinery” in implementing the mission.
The committee investigated more than 3,000 Jal Jeevan Mission schemes over the past year.
Members from the Bharatiya Janata Party, Peoples Democratic Party and ruling National Conference highlighted delayed contractor payments.
Legislators said public works remained incomplete while the committee’s probe was pending.
- Who
- Members of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly, including legislators from the Bharatiya Janata Party, Peoples Democratic Party and National Conference, raised the concerns.
- What
- The Assembly discussed stalled Jal Jeevan Mission projects, delayed contractor payments and findings from a committee probe.
- When
- The concerns were raised on the final day of the autumn session; the committee report was tabled on September 21 after a year-long probe.
- Where
- The Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly.
- Why
- Legislators were concerned that project delays, unpaid contractors and the pending probe were preventing public works from being completed.
- Mission
- Jal Jeevan Mission
- Report length
- 1,252 pages
- Schemes investigated
- More than 3,000
- Investigation period
- The past year
- Report date
- September 21
- Main concerns
- Delayed projects, contractor payments and incomplete public works
- Committee allegation
- “Gross negligence of administrative machinery”