Early Times Report
Srinagar, July 20: Displaced Kashmiri Pandits (KPs), who migrated from Kashmir after the armed insurgency broke out in 1990, had left behind 70053 kanalas of land.
The data reveals that the Pandits had left behind the 6695 kanals and 12 Marlas in Srinagar district, followed by 3196 in Budgam, 17991 in Anantnag, 7900 in Kulgam, 1206 in Bandipora, 14790 in Kupwara, 2154 in Ganderbal, 10634 in Baramulla, 5407 in Shopian, 8023 in Pulwama, district.
The data also revealed that Kashmiri Pandits (KPs) who migrated from Kashmir in 1990 had also left behind 23,278 structures including houses, shops and other buildings.
Of these, 4083 structures were left behind by KPs in Srinagar district, followed by 2669 houses in Anantnag, 2099 houses in Budgam district, 1096 houses in Pulwama district, 908 in Baramulla district and 784 in Kupawara district.
As per the official data there are 62,000 Kashmiri Pandit families who had to settle down outside the Valley after militancy started in the Kashmir Valley in early 1990's.
The Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti had said that the Government is planning to shift Kashmiri Pandits in "mixed transit accommodations till situation becomes feasible for them to return to their native places".
"As a part of this programme, the Government has decided to temporarily settle the returning Kashmiri Pandits in mixed transit accommodation till the situation is feasible for them to go back to their native places," the CM had said.
Sources said that the authorities in Kashmir have identified seven sites for construction of transit accommodations for displaced Kashmiri Pandits who want to return to the Valley.
The sites, according to sources, have been identified in north, south and central Kashmir
Sources said that the transit accommodations were being constructed for Kashmiri migrants under the Prime Minister's Development Package-2015.
Under the package, the Government of India has proposed construction of 6000 additional Transit accommodation units in the Valley for the migrants, apart from 3000 additional jobs for them. |
