(Eds: Rpt after changing slug)New Delhi, Apr 16 (PTI) Three irrigation projects in the Indus river basin in Jammu and Kashmir, which were supposed to be completed by March this year, have missed their deadline, a top government official has said. While the remaining ones are nearing completion, sources said the Tral irrigation project in Pulwama, Prakachik Khows canal project in Kargil, and the modernisation of Ravi Canal in Jammu have failed to meet the deadline. The official, though, maintained that fast-tracking irrigation projects has "nothing to do" with the decision to review the treaty. The Union Government had launched the PMKYS in 2015 to enhance physical access to water on farm and expand cultivable area under assured irrigation, improve on-farm water use efficiency and introduce sustainable water conservation practices through major and minor irrigation projects. The AIBP was launched in 1996-97 to provide central assistance to major/minor irrigation projects in the country to accelerate implementation of such programmes.

Source: India Today April 16, 2017 09:45 UTC