Srinagar, March 23 -- Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather on Saturday announced the formation of a House committee to probe alleged irregularities in the implementation of the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) in the Union Territory.

The Speaker said there has been a constant demand from several MLAs regarding the constitution of a House committee since the start of the budget session on March 3.

"The House is supreme and there is no harm in the formation of a House committee to probe the alleged irregularities in (the implementation of the) JJM," he said.

Members of both the treasury and opposition benches had raised the issue of alleged irregularities in the implementation of the JJM, with several of them pressi...