The Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has shot off a letter to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav for poor show in the central sponsored Interegrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP)in the state.
In a letter the Union minister wrote that the programme meant for the uplift of the living standard of the people living in the watershed area is expected to improve the cultivation area and the quality of crop in the state.
Ramesh said that except Karnataka, none other state showed any interest in the programme.'' UP could have recieved a grant of Rs 2830 crore between 2009-14 for the programme. The centrel released Rs 536 crore for UP so far but unfortunately Rs 220 crore still remained unspent in the state,'' he said.
Asking the CM to take initiative in the programme, the Union minister said UP could get an amount of Rs 355 crore every year for the programme.