The Centre on Tuesday in the Lok Sabha said that over 2924 Kanal of land belonging to Kashmiri Pandits have been retrieved from encroachment in Jammu and Kashmir.
In a written reply, Minister of State for Home Affairs, Nitiyanand Rai said, “As per the data provided by the Government of Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, 46,631 Kashmiri Migrant families comprising 1,57,967 individuals are registered with the Relief Organization (Migrant), J&K who had to migrate from the valley due to security reasons. In addition, several Kashmiri Migrant families have migrated to other parts of the country. The Government has taken several measures to rehabilitate the Kashmiri Migrants back into the valley”
“5,675 Kashmiri Migrants have been provided government employment. To provide accommodation to the Kashmiri Migrants who are provided government employment in the Kashmir valley, 6000 transit accommodation units are being constructed, out of which 880 flats have been completed”, he said.
The Government of Jammu and Kashmir has launched an online portal in August 2021 wherein Kashmiri Migrants can lodge online grievances with regards to encroachment, change of title, Mutation and distress sale. Till date, 2924 Kanals and 19.55 Marlas land has been retrieved. Launching of online services for registration and issuance of certificates. So far, 160856 domicile certificates, 2035 Resident of Backward Area (RBA) certificates, 902 EWS certificates and 31672 migrant certificates have been issued, Nityanand Rai said.
