SRINAGAR: The Government of India has conveyed to the Jammu and Kashmir administration that savings accrued under flood management projects can only be utilised for components that have already been approved and cannot be diverted to new or unapproved works.
According to the minutes of a meeting held on April 24, 2026, to review flood management projects in the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, the J&K Government had requested representatives of the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation to permit the use of savings for bank protection works under certain components.
“It was also brought out that savings have arisen under certain components and that the Government of Jammu & Kashmir envisages carrying out bank protection works from these savings,” the record note states.
The record note further states that representatives of the Union Ministry clarified that savings within a project can only be utilised for components already approved by the Ministry’s Advisory Committee and cannot be used for any new or unapproved works.
The meeting was chaired by the Commissioner (Flood Management), Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, and attended by representatives of the Central Water Commission, Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh.(KNO)
