SHILLONG: The delay in the commissioning of the phase III of the Greater Shillong Water Supply Scheme will affect the water supply in parts of city in the long run, according to Jemino Mawthoh, the member of Estimate Committee of the Assembly.
Mawthoh, who took part in the meeting of Estimate Committee on Wednesday, said on Thursday that the population of Shillong is increasing day by day and the delay in commissioning of the phase III would hurt Shillongites badly.
The Estimate Committee (of the State Legislative Assembly has slammed the state PHE department for the delay .
Mawthoh said that the project was scheduled to be completed in March this year, but the officials of the department in the meeting with Estimate Committee said that now they target to complete the project in 2017
“I had asked about the delay in the Assembly and the reply of the minister in charge was that Meghalaya Government did not followed some Union Government reforms and hence Rs 17 crore was slashed,” he said, adding that the committee wants to go in depth and found out what is the actual reason for the delay.
“Responsibilities have to be fixed for the delay,” he added.
The Estimate committee has asked the PHE department to give abstract DPR of the various projects being implemented in the state by PHE so that the committee can study various components of the projects even as he added that the committee will soon convene a meeting again.
The committee is also contemplating to have an all party committee to study the functioning and working activity of different departments.
The Estimate Committee ( EC) of the State Legislative Assembly decided to ask the state government to institute an inquiry into anomalies in implementation of various water supply schemes of the PHE department.
