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| Kashmir Pandit community members up in arms against people at helm | | Demand proper rehabilitation, jobs for youth | | Jehangir Rashid
Early Times Report
srinagar, May 14: At a time when lot of talk is going on with regard to the resettlement of Kashmiri Pandits in the valley both the central and state governments have failed to draw up a plan for the members of the community who did not migrate and decided to stay back.
Around 700 families of Kashmiri Pandits (696 to be precise) were internally displaced following the upsurge of militancy in the valley in 1989. Since that day the successive central and state governments have failed to come up to the expectations of these people and they continue to suffer like anything.
A group of Kashmiri Pandits while sharing their views with Early Times said that out of these families 55 families are the worst hit since they are living in rented accommodation. They said the problem of unemployment has assumed daunting proportions in the state and same holds true with the youth of Kashmiri Pandit community.
"In order to inculcate confidence the state cabinet in 2012 decided to give jobs to youth of our community, but as on date there has been no forward movement in this regard. The employment package seems to have fallen flat without taking off," said the Kashmiri Pandits.
The Kashmiri Pandits said that they have been neglected by state government. They added that both state and central governments should take immediate steps for providing relief to Pandits of Kashmir.
"Rehabilitation is the biggest problem faced by the Kashmiri Pandits here. There are 55 families of Kashmiri Pandits who are up against many odds since the past 23 years with no relief in sight. The Kashmiri Pandits were internally displaced and they had to leave their ancestral places and settle down at the district headquarters," said the Kashmiri Pandits.
The Kashmiri Pandits said that it was not a big deal to provide package to 50 odd families adding that state government has always turned a deaf ear to their genuine problems. They said that state government had in principle agreed to provide rehabilitation to the Kashmiri Pandits.
"The package would have been sanctioned after receiving the feedback from police about the families claiming for the package. It took years for the various levels of police hierarchy to get the antecedents of the Kashmiri Pandits and the observations were forwarded to Revenue department for further action," said Kashmiri Pandits.
The Kashmiri Pandits said that files are pending for the last six years in the Revenue department and as such the rehabilitation package could not be sanctioned so far. They alleged that no follow up of the progress in this case has been taken up so far. The Kashmiri Pandits said that they are forced to pay heavy rent for minimal accommodation at various places in Srinagar.
"Although the state government constructed 18 residential quarters for some of our families at Mattan in South Kashmir's Anantnag district but these were handed over to the migrant Kashmiri Pandit youth appointed under the Prime Minister's package. The discrimination needs to be stopped so that the Kashmiri Pandits staying back live a dignified life," said Kashmiri Pandits.
The Kashmiri Pandit families said that they are forced to pay Rs. 5,000 per month as rent adding that it is becoming difficult for them to carry out the daily chores of life. These people said that if the people at helm don't take any step for their rehabilitation then they will not hesitate in coming on roads and lodge protest. |
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