Dredging season over, ‘high-tech’ dredger yet to start

Rs 46 crore project failing as machine develops snag The much hyped Jhelum dredging project is yet to take off despite tall claims of the authorities as the defective “high-tech” dredger afloat Jhelum River here is yet to extract any deposits from the river bed. Though the company tasked to de-slit the river bed claims that the dredger was made operational two weeks back but for the past 15 days the dredger seems sitting idle. On March 6, Kolkata-based Reach Dredging Limited, the firm which has been tasked by the…

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