Srinagar: The Centre has approved a special package for Jammu and Kashmir to ensure safe drinking water in all the areas of the state under the centrally sponsored Rural Drinking Water Supply Scheme in the ratio of 90:10 against the earlier ratio of 50:50.

This was conveyed to Governor N N Vohra by Union Minister for Rural Development Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, an official spokesman said today.

The special dispensation has been given to the state as it was not in a position to provide the matching 50 per cent share from its own resources.

With the revised pattern of funding, 90 per cent by the Centre and 10 per cent from the State, under the special dispensation, the flow of funds to the State would now be much easier and smoother.

Accordingly, the Governor has directed the functionaries concerned to review all existing and unfinished rural drinking water supply schemes, to prioritise them and ensure that sustainability was built into all on-going and existing projects before moving on to new investments in this sector.
Source : PTI