Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 29: In order to provide relief to the landslide victims of village Saddal in district Udhampur, the Administrative Council (AC) which met under the chairmanship of Lieutenant Governor, G C Murmu today accorded sanction to the grant of 5 marla land on lease basis each to the 132 families affected due to the natural calamity in 2014.
As per the decision, 71 families shall be provided land in village Mansar and 61 affected families shall be given land in village Debriah in district Udhampur, for their rehabilitation.
The Administrative Council also accorded sanction to the transfer of Shamilat (Kahcharai) land measuring 60 kanals situated in village Chandhara in district Pulwama to the School Education Department for establishing Kendriya Vidyalaya, Pulwama.
It may be mentioned here that Union Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), Dr Jitendra Singh, who is Lok Sabha member from Udhampur-Doda Parliamentary constituency has spent Rs 70 lakh at village Saddal from his personal resources as Member of Parliament.
In addition, he has mobilized administrative support and consistently followed the rehabilitation of the people of Saddal village by repeatedly visiting there.
A team of Archeological Survey of India had also visited the village on the initiative of Dr Jitendra Singh, who had also taken up the issue of construction of hutments in the village but it turned out to be the landslide zone.
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