Says Rs 200 cr saved annually
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 9: The end of 149-year-old Darbar Move practice in Jammu and Kashmir has prominently found a place in fortnightly Government magazine `Samachar’ which says it has resulted into annual savings of Rs 200 crore.
The ‘Samachar’ magazine which covers prominent national subjects has given half page to end of Darbar Move practice with the title “End of Darbar System in Jammu and Kashmir’.
“The 149-year-old Darbar Move practice involving shifting the capital between Srinagar and Jammu in Jammu and Kashmir was abolished in June 2021,” it said, adding “it used to be a complicated process in which files were moved from one place to another”.
It said because of the two bi-annual capitals, all goods were transported by trucks and, as a result, Government spending increased.
“Its abolition enabled annual savings of approximately Rs 200 crore,” the Samachar said.
Asserting that tradition of changing the capital was started by the Dogra ruler Gulab Singh in 1862, it said Gulab Singh was the ancestor of Maharaja Hari Singh.
“At the time of Hari Singh, Jammu and Kashmir became a part of India,” the magazine said in its article.
It may be mentioned here that bi-annual Darbar Move practice was stopped in June 2021 by the Jammu and Kashmir Government as it involved lot of expenditure.
As per the practice, the Civil Secretariat and some other Government offices used to function for six months of Summer in Srinagar and six months of winter in Jammu.
The people of Jammu had to travel to Srinagar during summer for any kind of work in Civil Secretariat while similar was the case with people of Kashmir who had to come to Jammu during winters to pursue their files in Jammu.
However, now the Civil Secretariat functions from both Jammu and Srinagar.
The Government estimates revealed that nearly Rs 200 crore were spent on Darbar Move practice every year which have been saved by ending the shifting.
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