Joint House Panel discusses issues related to Toshakhana

Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 22: A meeting of the Joint House Committee of Legislature was held here today under the chairmanship of Member Legislative Council, Sajjad Ahmed Kichloo to discuss the issues related to the Toshakhana.
Legislators Rani Gargi Blowria, Surinder Kumar Choudhary, Charanjeet Singh, Pawan Kumar Gupta, Thakur Balbir Singh and Ashok Khajuria (Special Invitee) attended the meeting.
The Committee, in the backdrop of its previous visits and deliberations sought several more clarifications with regard to the possession of Toshakhana and details of inventories of valuables lying there. It intended to have a spot visit to Mubarak Mandi Heritage Complex and Civil Secretariat to inspect the Toshakhana items and called upon the concerned authorities to facilitate the same. Besides, the Committee also received status of available items of Toshkhana at Saddar Treasury Srinagar and Gupkar Road.
It was decided in the meeting that the Committee will visit to Mubarak Mandi Heritage Complex, Jammu on April 9.
The Toshakhana authorities (Dy. Commissioner, Jammu), Kumar Rajiv Ranjan, Additional Secretary in Chief Minister’s Office, Sushil Kumar and representative from Divisional Commissioner, Jammu, Special Secretary Legislative Council, Mohammad Ashraf Wani and other senior officers of the Hospitality & Protocol Department attended the meeting.