Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir’s Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Monday announced that five malras land will be provided to the “landless/homeless families” in J&K and claimed that almost two lakh homeless families are being provided homes in the region under Prime Minister’s Awas Yojna (Yojna).
However, no details of those “homeless” people were made public.
Addressing a press conference at Rajbhawan, LG Sinha said that the successful G-20 meeting in Srinagar held on May 22 to May 25 this year is proving to be a game changer for the tourism sector in J&K as foreign tourist arrivals have shown a significant increase and the figure is set to go up further in the coming months.
He said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced PM Awas Yojna and J&K couldn’t lag behind.
“After discussing the issue with the Administrative Council and with the Revenue and Rural Development department, it was decided that 5 malras land will be given to the landless families of J&K,” he said,
So far 2711 landless families have been given land and more will be covered shortly.
Similarly, as far as the homeless families are concerned, a total of 1, 99,550 families have been identified and till June 21, 1,44000 families have been given sanction while remaining will be covered as well,” he said.
“The participants of the G-20 meeting have gone back to their respective countries with a good message. Post G-20 meeting, we have seen a significant increase in the foreign tourist arrivals in J&K. The number is set to go up further in the coming months,” he said.
The LG further said that Srinagar is fast emerging as the hub of international activities.
“For the first time, the Indian System of Medicines, Engineer’s Association, Chartered Accountant Association and 18 Supreme Court judges participated in different meetings in Srinagar recently,” he said.
According to the figures of the 2011 census those of 2001; the number of homeless people in Jammu and Kashmir was 2,130 in the 2001 census, it stood at 3,076 in 2011.