Udhampur (Jammu and Kashmir): The Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir is facing a shortage of water after the heavy downpour followed by floods in August led to critical damage to the local water supply infrastructure. The Jal Shakti Department has been grappling with extensive repairs to pipelines and infrastutcure constructed under its schemes. The floods and rainfall damaged 160 of over 200 water supply schemes that were operational in the district.

Executive Engineer, Jal Shakti Department, Udhampur, Sandeep Gupta, stated that out of those 160 schemes, 24 suffered severe damage. He said that due to the impact, the work of the JJM scheme has been completely halted. He underlined that the new scheme under Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) suffered severe damage as well.

“We faced a lot of p

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