| In a first, Govt transfers 40 kanals land for separate KP colony in Shopian | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, July 30: In a major development, Jammu and Kashmir government has finally given nod to the construction of separate Pandit colonies in Kashmir with first such accommodation coming up in South Kashmir’s Shopian area.
According to the sources government has accorded sanction to the transfer of land measuring 40 kanals (five acres), consisting of State land in favour of Department of Disaster Management, Relief, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction for construction of transit accommodation for Kashmiri Migrant employees under PM Package.
They said that an order No 42-JK (Rev) of 2020 has already been issued in this regard. “More than 255 Kashmiri Pandits have joined government service in Jammu and Kashmir since special package was announced for the displaced community by the Centre in November 2015. Under the package, involving an estimated expenditure of Rs 2,000 crore additional 3,000 government jobs and construction of transit accommodations in Kashmir for the KP migrants have to be provided,” sources added.
An official said, “Under a similar package in 2008, 1,474 government jobs were provided to the migrant Pandits. As per the official figures, there are 64827 registered migrant families comprising 60489 Hindu families, 2,609 Muslim families and 1,729 Sikh families. Providing jobs to displaced people from Valley is being done under a two pronged strategy by the government. Besides providing a livelihood to displaced families, the government wants to provide the chance to displaced families to link back to their roots.”
Kashmiri Pandits left their ancestral homes in 1990 and migrated to Jammu and other parts of the country after the armed insurgency broke out in Kashmir in 1990.
Meanwhile, the latest order that has been issued on 24 April 2020 proposes to establish the Pandit colony in Deegam village. |
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