JAMMU: Committee on Estimates (EC) of Legislative Assembly today asked the officers and engineers of Public Health Engineering (PHE) Department to gear up the field functionaries and identify the those habitations which have not been provided drinking water facilities so far. The Committee stressed upon them to prepare Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) of PHE schemes for the leftover habitations under National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) at the earliest. The Committee, which met here under the chairmanship of MLA Dr. Mustafa Kamaal reviewed the working and progress of PHE, Irrigation and Flood Control Departments. The Committee members A. R. Veeri, Ashok Khajura, Ashwani Kumar Sharma, Choudhry Zulfkar Ali, Murtaza Ahmad Khan and Subash Chander Gupta asked the officers and engineers of PHE, Irrigation and FC Departments to identify dependable source with a potential for 3 to 4 decades while formulating DPR for any project or scheme. The Committee directed PHE authorities to settle all eligible pending land donation cases for employment to the owner in all districts by March 15, 2012. It asked the officers of Irrigation Department to furnish status report of work on Mavas Canal, Harwan for its scrutiny. Discussing the flood protection projects formulated by I & FC Department, the Committee was informed that a plan has been framed for Dachigam nallah. The Committee members directed them to formulate similar plan for nallah Liddar in Pahalgam on priority. Giving details about revenue realized by the PHE, I & FC Departments, the meeting was informed that ` 20 crore has been received from Power Development Corporation (PDC) as water usage, while ` one crore has been realized as Irrigation Water Tax (IWT) from farmers of Kashmir division and ` 65 lakh from Jammu division during the current fiscal so far. Among others, Commissioner Secretary, PHE, I & FC B. D. Sharma, Consultant PHE, V.K. Abrol, Chief Engineer, PHE Kashmir, Ghulam Rasool Zargar, Chief Engineer, PHE ,Jammu, Ashwani Kumar Sharma, Chief Engineer, I& FC Kashmir, Muzaffar Lankar, Chief Engineer, I& FC Jammu, Bosh Raj Dogra, Chief Engineer Ravi Tawi, representative from Accounts and Treasuries Department, other officers and engineers from PHE, Irrigation and FC Departments besides officers of Assembly Secretariat attended the meeting.