Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 18: Prem Nath Bhat Memorial Trust (PNBMT) held a webinar of it’s Executive Committee to deliberate upon the forthcoming challenges confronting the Trust and the community at large. The meeting was held under the chairmanship of its president, Roshan Lal Pandita, vice chairman, Shiban Khaibri, general secretary, Shadi Lal Koul Rais and secretary, Sundri Lal Koul.
President of the Trust, Roshan Lal Pandita said the new Lt. Governor, Manoj Sinha comes with a vast political experience and Trust is very optimistic that he would appreciate the our decade long struggle, for the passage of the bill, that would ensure the protection and preservation of temples in Kashmir. The meeting discussed the earnest desire of the members to meet Lt. Governor and to apprise him about the seriousness of the matter, in so far as the temples and shrines of Kashmir are concerned.
On the occasion Roshan Lal Pandita expressed optimism about the passage of an ordinance, for the protection and preservation of the temples and shrines in Kashmir.
Shiban Khaibri, while speaking on the occasion appealed the Lt. Governor to bring an ordnance for the passage of the Temples and Shrines Bill which is long overdue. He said that the ordinance would go a long way in creating conditions and would also act as a big confidence building measure for the resettlement of the Kashmiri Pandits in their homeland in Kashmir.
Shiban Khaibri added that the passage of an ordinance in this regard is an absolute necessity as with the passage of time the community is losing its priceless heritage. In the absence of a Constitutional mechanism, the temple properties are up for grabs for the land sharks and also unscrupulous managements. There are instances where the temple properties have been alienated by the same very people who were supposed to protect them.
Sundri Lal Koul secretary of the Trust reiterated that Trust has identified 1400 temple and shrines across the Kashmir valley. The details of the same have been enumerated in the form of a book, that was released some years back by the Trust and is available for the general public.
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