Union minister denies taking loan for Chandigarh’s 24×7 water project, MP Tewari calls it a ‘wrong’ answer

Responding to Tewari’s queries successful Parliament, Rai stated that the proceedings tally of the Manimajra task had been completed and that a user grievance compartment and helpline had been acceptable up to code complaints. However, helium insisted that nary indebtedness had been taken for the project.

Tewari, successful different question to the Minister of Home Affairs, besides sought year-wise details of the gross and expenditure of the Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh implicit the past 5 years. In response, Minister of State for Home Affairs, Nityanand Rai, stated that MC Chandigarh’s full gross during this play was ₹4,038.39 crore, portion its expenditure stood astatine ₹4,106.82 crore.

The contented comes amid increasing concerns implicit the viability of the 24×7 h2o proviso scheme. A survey by the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation’s nationalist wellness helping suggests that alternatively than a round-the-clock supply, the metropolis needs amended h2o rationing. It recovered that bluish sectors devour importantly much h2o than those successful the south, with immoderate areas exceeding 1,000 litres per idiosyncratic daily—far supra the nationalist norm of 135 litres.

Earlier, erstwhile a practice was sent to the Prime Minister’s Office questioning the request for a 24×7 proviso successful Chandigarh, Chandigarh Smart City Limited had justified the task by stating that it aimed to trim wastage by eliminating the request for h2o retention by residents. However, the increasing fiscal and proviso concerns person present placed the task nether scrutiny.