Sajad Lone criticises govt over JJM

Srinagar , Jun 21: People's Conference (PC) President Sajad Gani Lone today criticised the Jammu and Kashmir government for its handling of the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) and described it as an administrative failure.

In a post on X, he described the J&K’s approach to JJM as “an idiot’s guide to failure,” accusing the government of negligence, lack of planning, and institutional paralysis. “We are water deficit and money deficit, and yet when rare financial opportunities like JJM arise, we in J&K always show up late—after the funds have dried up,” Lone wrote.

“The Jal Jeevan Mission, a centrally sponsored scheme, aims to provide tap water to every rural household in India. While states across the country are racing to tap into the funds by preparing detailed plans and executing projects swiftly,” Lone said J&K remains stuck in bureaucratic inertia.

“We are at the mercy of a ‘once upon a time’ type babu, living in a time bubble… scratching his head, inventing ways not to work, and believing money will never come,” he said.