A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) inked three decades ago between the Governments of Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand for the Renukaji, Kishau, and Lakhwar dams has come under the scanner of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG). The national auditor has flagged massive delays in its recent Delhi Jal Board (DJB) report, as no work has started to tap the untapped monsoon flows of the Yamuna and its tributaries, to ease Delhi’s chronic water shortage, and it remains only on paper.
CAG noted that despite their status as projects of national importance, construction has not begun nearly 29 years after the MoU, owing to pending approvals from the Upper Yamuna River Board and the National Green Tribunal (NGT).