Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 27: The Displaced Persons from Pak occupied Jammu and Kashmir today held protest demonstration, projecting their demand of allotment of 10 marla plots retrieved from illegal occupants recently, 12 Assembly seats and remaining Rs 24.50 lakhs PMs package to the families of DPs from PoJK.
A large number of displaced persons, under the banner of PoJK DPs’ Front 1947, 1965 and 1971 and (Non Camp), by its president, Capt (Retd) Yudhvir Singh Chib assembled at Maharaja Hari Singh Park in Jammu today and started protest demonstration. They were demanding that DPs be given compensation @ Rs 30 lakh per family as recommended by the JPC. They extended gratitude to the Modi Govt for providing Rs 5.5 lakh per family but maintained that it was just one installment of the total package, recommended by JPC. Remaining amount of Rs 24.50 lakhs should also be released in their favour, they demanded.
The DPs lauded the JKUT administration led by Manoj Sinha and Union Government for retrieving thousands Kanals of land from the land encroachers in Jammu and Kashmir who had illegally occupied these Government lands. They said that 10 marla land/plots be allotted to the PoJK DPs and other refugees.
Capt Yudhvir Singh demanded that out of the 24 seats kept for the PoJK area, 12 seats be allotted to the DPs from PoJK in the J&K Assembly. Refugees from Chhamb, settled in Pargwal area with hard work had cultivated lands along the bank of Chenab river. Under Roshni Act they were allotted lands prepared by them with hard work but the same have now been snatched by the Government. The Government by taking lenient view should restore those lands to them. He also demanded ST staus for the DPs from PoJK.
Chib said their delegation called on Chief Secretary and Divisional Commissioner recently. They have assured to take up their burning issues with the Lt Governor Manoj Sinha.
Prominent among those who were present during protest included JP Sharma, Kuldeep Singh Chib, Kulbir Singh, Sakandya Devi (I/C Mahila Wing), Kehar Singh, Master Raghunath Singh, Sham Singh Chib, Kamal Sharma and others.
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