ANANTNAG, June 13 -- Despite spending a whopping amount of over rupees 4 Cr, the Lift Irrigation Scheme in Khiram (Khudpora) village of South Kashmir's Anantnag district continues to remain non-functional.
Villagers have now asked the authorities to expedite the process for making the scheme functional so that it can irrigate the designated area and prove somehow beneficial for the people.
They said that the scheme was commissioned in 2013; however it didn't function for a 'single day'.
"Engineers commissioned this scheme in 2013 but it never functioned. We have time and again requested authorities and concerned departments to make it functional but they aren't giving any heed to our repeated pleas," Mohd Yousf Bhat, a local resident tol...