Saturday, 28 May 2016

Rs 3383 Cr Collected from NHPC as Water Usage Charges: Govt

KL NEWS NETWORK

SRINAGAR

Minister for PHE, Irrigation & Flood Control Sham Lal Choudhary Saturday said that an amount of Rs 3383.014 crore has been collected from the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) on account of water usage charges till date.

The Minister was replying to a question by Naresh Kumar Gupta, an official spokesperson said this evening.

The Minister informed the house that an amount of Rs 3455.526 crore including interest has been transferred to Finance Department on account of NHPC water usage charges. While as, he said, the water usage charges deposited by JKSPDC are Rs 20 crore till date.

Sham Choudhary further informed that the J&K State Water Resources Regulatory Authority was constituted by the Government in October 2012 which has lived its time period. The constitution of new Authority is under process, he added.



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