Uninterrupted Water Irrigation Tender

Project Location Jammu and kashmirProject Background The central government has approved 6000-crore multi-purpose project to provide uninterrupted water supply for irrigation to farmers in Jammu and Kashmirs Kathua district. Union minister Jitendra Singh stated that the decision was taken recently at a high-level meeting and work for the Ujh multi-purpose project will start immediately. The administration of JK also offered to come forward with a suitable DPR. He stated taht the Shahpur-Kandi project has already taken off and with the functioning of the Ujh project the entire Kandi belt in Kathua and adjoining parts of Samba district will become fully irrigated besides becoming irrigation and power surplus. The project which has a completion timeline of about six years will store around 781 million cubic meters of water of river Ujh a tributary of river Ravi. Utilization of the waters of the eastern rivers allotted to India as per the Indus Water Treaty would be enhanced by utilizing the flow that presently goes across the border to Pakistan. The first stage of the project has already been accepted by the Advisory Committee of the Jal Shakti Ministry and has been sent to the Expenditure Finance Committee for firming up financing arrangements.