PMGSY was launched to supply connectivity by means of an “all climate street” (Representational)
Jammu:
The Comptroller and Auditor Normal (CAG) has pulled up the Jammu and Kashmir authorities for its failure to finish varied initiatives below the Nationwide Rural Ingesting Water Programme (NRDWP) and the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) throughout 2017-18.
In its audit report on social, normal, financial (non-Public Sector Undertakings) sectors for the 12 months ended March 31, 2018, the CAG stated in opposition to the goal for completion of 1,zero67 Water Provide Schemes (WSSs) throughout 2013-18, solely 679 schemes (64 per cent) have been accomplished below the NRDWP.
“Non-completion of 388 (36 per cent) schemes impacted the method of offering potable ingesting water to inhabitants of 5.67 lakh,” the report, tabled in Parliament not too long ago, stated.
It stated the year-wise shortfall in achievement of targets for offering water provide in authorities colleges throughout 2013-14 to 2016-17 ranged between 10 to 29 %. “Simply 9 anganwadi facilities had been supplied with the ability of ingesting water through the interval 2013-15 and division had not fastened any targets on this regard from 2014-15 onwards.”
Underneath the PMGSY, which was launched in December 2000 to supply connectivity by means of an “all climate street” to eligible unconnected habitations in rural areas, the report stated, out of sanctioned 1,769 street initiatives involving street size of 9,383.07 kms below building throughout 2013-18, solely 810 street initiatives (46 per cent) having a street size of four,172.50 kms have been accomplished as of March 2018.
“The year-wise completion charge of street initiatives throughout 2013-18 ranged between eight to 19 per cent. On account of issues in land acquisition and forest clearance 467 street initiatives (street size: 2,577.88 km) sanctioned previous to April 2013 for connecting 175 habitations have been nonetheless incomplete as of March 2018,” the report stated.
The NRDWP was launched as a flagship programme for offering protected ingesting water to the agricultural inhabitants on a sustainable foundation.
“There was a delay ranging between 7 and 67 days in launch of funds amounting to Rs 871.87 crore obtained throughout 2014-17 by the State Finance Division to the State Water Sanitation Mission (SWSM)/Administrative Division… Scrutiny of the information of Administrative Division and 6 out of 14 sampled divisions revealed that the curiosity of Rs 1.74 crore earned throughout 2013-14 to 2017-18 on programme and help funds weren’t accounted for within the books/accounts for figuring out the full availability of the funds,” it stated.
In 14 sampled divisions, it stated 657 schemes estimated to price Rs 1,415.37 crore have been taken up for execution with out the accord of Administrative Approval (AA) and Technical Sanction (TS) and an expenditure of Rs 830.11 crore was incurred on these schemes.
“Water samples in respect of 30 to 48 per cent sources have been solely examined throughout 2013-14 to 2017-18. Additional, in opposition to the required 7,66,326 water samples to be examined throughout 2013-18, solely 5,60,331 (73 per cent) samples have been examined, and the break-up of bacteriological examination and chemical contamination was not accessible individually,” it stated.
The report stated planning for implementation of the PMGSY in J-Okay was poor as District Rural Highway Plan was neither ready in many of the sampled Programme Implementation Items (PIUs) nor accepted from the intermediate panchayat/District panchayat/ District Rural Growth Division and State Degree Standing Committee.
“Core Community didn’t cowl all of the eligible habitations, inadmissible street initiatives have been included within the Core Community and street initiatives which weren’t in Core Community have been taken up for execution. Out of whole sanction of programme fund of Rs eight,892.69 crore throughout 2000-01 to 2017-18 (January 2018) below Phases I to XI, GoI launched Rs 5,092.14 crore in opposition to which Rs four,312.41 crore was spent, as of March 2018,” the CAG stated, including the closing steadiness on the finish of every of the monetary 12 months throughout 2015-18 ranged between Rs 128 crore to Rs 1,046 crore.
It stated as a consequence of poor progress in completion of street initiatives, steadiness fund of Rs 1,494.60 crore below Phases-VI, VII and IX was not launched by the federal government of India.
“Towards due State share of Rs 252 crore, the State Authorities launched Rs 155 crore throughout 2015-18, leaving a steadiness of Rs 97 crore,” it stated, including in opposition to the demand of Rs 36.22 crore positioned by Jammu and Kashmir State Rural Roads Growth Company (JKSRRDA), the state authorities launched solely Rs eight.12 crore (22 per cent). “The proportion of utilisation of funds was very poor and ranged between 6 to 30 per cent, throughout 2013-18.”
Out of two,738 unconnected habitations as of April 2000, the report stated, a complete of 1,694 (62 per cent) habitations have been linked throughout 2000-2018 and 1,044 (38 per cent) habitations remained to be linked on the finish of March 2018. It added as in opposition to goal for protection of 572 sanctioned habitations with inhabitants of 1,000 and above by the 12 months 2003, 506 habitations have been offered connectivity as of March 2018.
In 9 sampled districts, 254 street initiatives, sanctioned at a price of Rs 1,031.35 crore on which expenditure of Rs 514.62 crore was incurred, have been allotted at a price of Rs 935.96 crore with out Administrative Approval and Technical Sanction from the competent authority, the CAG stated.
It stated no Motion Taken Reviews (ATRs) have been submitted by any of the PIUs in respect of 492 inspections performed by the State High quality Displays (SQMs) throughout 2013-14 to 2017-18, whereby 159 inspections have been graded as ‘un-satisfactory’ and the remaining 333 ‘required enchancment’, whereas in eight sampled districts, ATRs in respect of 221 inspections performed have been awaited from PIUs.
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