The central government has not stopped the implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission projects in Meghalaya to the tune of Rs 3,000 crore, as was reported in a local newspaper today, Public Health Engineering minister Renikton Lyngdoh Tongkhar has said.
A newspaper today published a report claiming that the Centre was unhappy with the way the JJM projects, meant to provide water connections to every household in the country, are being implemented in Meghalaya, including their higher costs.
Describing the report as “misleading”, the minister said that it had prompted worried contractors to contact him over the claimed withdrawal of financial support from the central government.
According to the report, the Centre had written to the state government to answer the charges of irregularities last month but had not received a reply, thereby prompting it to stop the JJM projects in Meghalaya.
Tongkhar said today that this was nonsense as the state had not received any notification or warning from New Delhi.
Far from being under the scanner, the minister said that Meghalaya is actually performing very well when it comes to bringing potable water to the masses under the scheme, with nearly 2 lakh households having been given connections under the scheme.
