Excelsior Correspondent
MENDHAR, June 30: Deputy Chairman, Legislative Council, Javed Ahmed Rana today said that the Government has proposed many more Tubewell Water Supply Schemes (WSS) for Pir Panjal districts to meet the demand in areas facing shortage of drinking water supply.
During last five years, besides all round development in every sector, a large number of tube-well schemes were completed in the most backward areas of Pir-Panjal range and more such schemes have been proposed for left out areas, Javed Rana told deputations from tehsil headquarters Mendhar and its surroundings who called on him here today.
Deputy Chairman further said that the State Government has been constantly pursuing the proposals put up to Union Government for sanctioning adequate funds under the Centrally sponsored schemes to ameliorate the fate of people of border areas.
Responding to the issues raised by the deputations, he informed that efforts are also being made to have a separate power Grid Station to improve power supply scenario in the area.