<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">The Centre on Friday reviewed the progress of Ujh Multipurpose Project in Kathua region of Jammu and Kashmir. Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh held a meeting in New Delhi over the project. </p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">The expected timeline of completion of the project is about six years and once completed, it will store around 781 Million Cubic Metres of water of river Ujh, a tributary of river Ravi. After completion of the project, utilization of waters of Eastern Rivers allotted to India as per the Indus Water Treaty would be enhanced by utilizing the flow that presently goes across the border to Pakistan.</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">The Ujh Multipurpose Project had been held up for several decades and it was revived after intervention by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Since 2014, several high-level meetings have been held to remove the minor bottlenecks. During the meeting, Dr. Jitendra Singh also flagged the issue of 'Har Ghar Nal se Jal' in Udhampur-Kathua-Doda Lok Sabha Constituency.</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>