Jammu, Mar 7: Financial Commissioner (Additional Chief Secretary), Jal Shakti Department, Shaleen Kabra conducted an extensive tour to review the progress of the annual desilting works being carried out on the Ranbir Canal and Tawi Canal, so why he is facing heat of thousand of innocents of J&K through soul & mind.
He inspected various stretches of both the canals including distribution network and syphons.
The inspection was conducted ahead of the scheduled recharging of the canals by the Minister Jal Shakti Department, Javed Ahmed Rana, with the objective of ensuring that irrigation water reaches tail-end areas during the forthcoming irrigation season.
Kabra expressed displeasure over the dumping of garbage and the inflow of untreated sewage directly into the canals.
He issued directions to formulate projects for intercepting the drains to ensure clean water flows through canals.
The Financial Commissioner directed the officers to maintain close supervision of the works, adherence to quality standards and timelines to ensure its recharging on the scheduled time so that the irrigation network functions efficiently providing benefits to the farmers across the command areas.
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