Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 10: Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs and Relief and Rehabilitation, Syed Basharat Bukhari today held extensive discussions on relief and rehabilitation of Kashmiri migrants.
The Minister while taking stock of relief and rehabilitation measures for Kashmiri Migrants directed for reconstitution of the Apex Advisory Committee (AAC), an Apex Body of representatives of Kashmiri Migrants, who migrated from the Valley.
Creation of 3000 supernumerary posts for providing employment to migrant youth in the valley under PM’s Package for return and rehabilitation of Kashmiri migrants was also decided in the meeting. The Minister directed the Relief Commissioner to collect data of migrant unemployed youth who are registered as Kashmiri Migrants in Jammu or outside the State, besides enjoined the youth to submit their details within a period of 20 days.
It was informed in the meeting that presently 18,589 families are drawing relief out of 41,117 migrant families. Srinagar has maximum number of migrant families numbering 13,491, followed by Anantnag having 9291 families. During the year 2014-15, an amount of Rs. 127.28 crore has been incurred on cash assistance, food grains, building infrastructure facilities in camps and on civic action programme for migrant families.
The meeting was also informed regarding the facilities and living conditions in various camps including Purkhoo, Muthi, Nagrota and Jagiti. The Minister said that he would carry out on spot inspection of these camps in due course of time to have a first-hand experience of living conditions there.
In order to address various issues of the migrant families, the Minister directed the Secretary Revenue for constitution of grievance cell in the office of Additional Secretary Revenue.
The meeting was attended by Secretary Revenue, Vinod Koul, Commissioner Relief, Jammu, Deputy Commissioner, Relief, Assistant Commissioners, Relief besides other senior officers.
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