Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 25: A protest was held at Press Club here, today by the Jagti Tenement Committee (JTC) and Soan Kashmir Front (SKF) under the chairmanship of its president and convener of PCC Migrant Cell, Shadi Lal Pandita.
Addressing the protesters S L Pandita said that the people are facing many hardships and they can’t afford two time meal a day due to high prices and due to unemployment. Pandita said “We have been protesting for last 419 days as the relief of Kashmiri migrants is very meager and they are unable to keep their body and soul together. Our first demand is to increase the monthly cash relief from Rs 13,000 to Rs 25,000 per family with out any delay’’, he added.
Pandita said the Kashmiri migrants are living in exile for last 32 years and Government is paying monthly cash relief which is very meager. To get hike in relief, the displaced people from Valley are on protest since October 2 last year, demanding increase in cash relief. The agitation sit- in will continue as long as the demands are met, he added.
“The terrorists forced us to exile and snatched all our properties and committed unbearable brutalities but our Governments snatched our education ,employment, properties as such from last 32 years and we are living in sub human conditions and unemployment in our community is at peak, he said. Thousands of youth have become overage and Government has failed to address their problems’’, he added.
Pandita urged the Government a new package of 20,000 jobs for unemployed youth to be given. He said that firstly one job each to be given those families who have no serving Government employee besides on spot special recruitment drive be launched for the displaced youth in police.
Pandita said 50,000 families are ready to return back to Kashmir Valley for which three satellite townships should be built in Kashmir valley near Baramulla, Srinagar and Anantnag and 32 years property loss ,balanced /pending ex-gratia of gutted houses looted ,damaged properties be given to each displaced family. He also demanded compensation for over aged youth and removal of illegal occupation of land/properties and religious places.
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