Jammu, Feb. 9 -- The Jammu and Kashmir Government on Monday informed the Legislative Assembly that the Achabal area of Anantnag district is adequately catered to by the existing water supply infrastructure and there is no proposal to create a separate Public Health Engineering (PHE) Division there.
Replying to a question raised by legislator Abdul Majeed Bhat, Minister for Jal Shakti Javed Ahmed Rana said the area falls under Jal Shakti (PHE) Division Bijbehara and is being effectively served by PHE Sub-Divisions Anantnag and Kokernag. He said the two subdivisions together manage 157 Water Supply Schemes (WSSs) covering 31,448 households.
The Minister said that since a large number of schemes are operational and the workload remains balan...