Irrigation, Water Supply and Flood Control

Irrigation

• Farming depends on kuhls (channels) fed by snow and glaciers. Minor irrigation is the main source.
• PMKSY (HKKP): 396 minor irrigation schemes worth Rs 1,184.41 crore sanctioned; 199 completed, creating or stabilising 84,720 ha.
• UT Capex: 151 projects stabilised 5,364 ha in 2025-26.
• NABARD RIDF: 94 projects, Rs 740.49 crore under execution.
• Shahpur Kandi Dam (Ravi, Punjab-J&K) is in trial phase and is to give 1,150 cusecs to J&K.
• Tawi Barrage (Jammu) is 89% complete.

Drinking water

• Jal Jeevan Mission: 81% of rural households have tap connections; target 3,253 schemes by December 2028; 1,494 completed.
• NABL-accredited water-testing labs: 20 district and 2 UT labs.
• Jal Shakti Abhiyan: 3,563 water bodies restored.

Flood control

• Under FMBAP, 19 schemes (10 complete).
• After the 2025 floods, 1,784 water supply schemes were restored and a safety audit of Jhelum embankments found works worth Rs 46 crore.
• The September 2014 floods were the worst in decades and led to the 2015 development package (see Planning topic).