Senior Bureaucrats misleading Manoj Sinha on KPs situation: APMCC on LG’s interview

 

Senior Bureaucrats misleading Manoj Sinha on KPs situation: APMCC on LG’s interview

 

APMCC says LG needs to correct his data and take his bureaucrats to task for insulting KPs

 

Jammu, September 23, 2020: All Parties Migrants Coordination Committee (APMCC) has taken a strong exception to the recent interview of Lieutenant Governor (LG) of Jammu and Kashmir Manoj Sinha with Aaj Tak where he gave totally incorrect and misleading data about Kashmiri Pandits (KPs) rehabilitation, accommodation, employment etc and has asked the LG to either take his words back or take strong action against those senior bureaucrats who have mislead him about the real situation.

In a statement Vinod Pandit Chairman, Advocate Arun Kandroo, Gen Secy and Senior Journalist and National Spokesperson APMCC King C Bharati have said that it was unfortunate that some senior bureaucrats have fed completely incorrect, wrong and misleading

Data to LG about the KPs and have expressed deep resentment over what they called insult of Kashmiri Pandits by the Lieutenant Governor.

In a reply to LG’s recent interview with Aaj Tak regarding Return and rehabilitation of KP’s, the APMCC leaders explained that, “After the biggest exodus of People since India's Partition, almost half a million Kashmiri Pandits were hounded from their homes and hearths resulting in the biggest exodus in 90's. The GOI has acknowledged it as genocide.

The Union Ministry of Home affairs had stated that around 62,000/- KP families have been displaced since 1989-90.

Now Hon'ble LG had stated in a recent interview with Aaj Tak that everything was honky dory with the community and connected PMs Employment Package announced in 2008 by the then Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh as return and rehabilitation process as also attributed it to the  the current government announced  in 2015 which is totally incorrect and misleading.

We at APMCC humbly want to add some points. The then Central Government led by PM Dr. Manmohan Singh announced an employment Package in 2008 for KP's.

Some senior Bureaucrats have misled LG Saab and he stated in an interview that Package was announced in 2015 by BJP Govt.

Even after 12 years since its announcement only approx 4000 youths have been appointed and State Govt has added The SRO 412 which is draconian and exploitative in Nature. The employees can't get transferred outside valley and can't leave valley under any circumstances.

The first batch of Employees joined in December 2010, KP's under PM package were back in their ancestral land after a gap of 20 Years,

Carrying the burden of community's history marred with six enforced exoduses, twenty years later, since then only around 15% Employees were provided accommodation and rest are living on rentals . The state of KP's right now is that some are still languishing in camps like Jagti, Nagrota etc. Some are living in pathetic conditions in Delhi NCR and elsewhere in country without any support of Government. The KP has got diseased and Local dailies of Jammu are filled with obituaries of our dear and near ones. With each passing day, The KP is losing faith in successive Governments and is only waiting for a day to go back in Valley which is their homeland.

Presently there are at least 4000 employees serving here in valley. The Government had promised to provide accommodation along with the jobs, as this Package was termed as Return and Rehabilitation Package for honorable Return Of Kashmiri Pandits. The following places were chosen and Transit Camps were set in.

1.Vessu Camp Kulgam district

2.Mattan Transit Camp in district Anantnag

3.Hawl Transit Camp in district Pulwama.

4.Sheikhpora Transit camp in district Budgam

5.Natnussa Transit Camp in district Kupwara

6.Veerwan Transit camp, Baramulla.

The Vessu Transit camp has accommodated only 310 families that too in Prefab huts where rats are ruling the roost. There are 176 Prefab quarter only till date. The work on concrete Towers is going on snail’s pace, as promised of 32 Towers having 16 flats each, only 12 have got completed and 20 Towers are still pending. The work for these had started way back in 2015.Similarly Mattan Transit camp has accommodated 97 families where six families share single Quarter, To share a single wash room and single Kitchen, The families are suffering from past 10 years, There are 6 gas cylinders in single kitchen. There are only 3 Towers comprising 18 flats only. The problem has got worse due to Covid now. The social distance can't be followed .God forbid if anybody gets infected with virus, it will endanger whole complex. Similarly Sheikhpora has accommodated 266 families, Veerwan Baramulla 151 families, (Prefab huts made till date 129 only) Hawal Pulwama 110 families(Prefab huts made till date 65 only) The total families accommodated till date are only 1055 families and rest are living on rentals since past so many years.

Government always speaks in volumes about the rehabilitation but on ground the situation is altogether different.

The volatile valley where incidents of Pakistan sponsored Terrorist activities by targeting miniscule KP's is always in news. Recently KP Sarpanch Ajay Pandita was killed by Terrorists. The Government always overlooks such brutal and barbaric incidents.

Now it is a high time that Government should understand the pain of PM Package Employees and make an honest effort to mitigate their sufferings.

 

*Flats incomplete since December 2015*

 

The Government has envisioned 32 Concrete Towers, 32 X 16 (512 Flats) to be made on war footing basis.

This project was handed over to executing Agency "JKPCC" in December 2015, even after so many years, nothing substantial has been done. Out of 32 Towers, only 3 Towers are ready. 4 Towers are 90% Complete & 6 Towers, only 50% to 60% work has been completed. ie out of 32 Towers, only 13 Towers are under construction right now, for  remaining 19  Towers neither any land is available nor any plan is there.

The work on Transit accommodations should be completed on priority and employees provided the accommodation.

 

*Land Identification and availability*

 

The state officials are only giving power point presentations but no real work is visible on ground. Let us provide you few details.

Lands identified.                                                                  Present status

Ø  1.Zewan Srinagar... 93 Kanals.                                           Land still not handed over to R&R for tendering /start of work

Ø  2.Khoji Bagh Baramulla... 51 Kanals.                                  ....do....

Ø  3.Mattan Anantnag... 35 Kanals.                                        ...do...

Ø  4.Barsoo Pulwama... 50Kanals.                                          ...do....

Ø  5.Marhama Sangam Anantnag. 14 Kanals.                       Tendering started in May 2019 and tender opened on 8.6.2019,No construction has started yet.

Ø  6.Wandhama Ganderbal... 30 Kanals

Ø  (Hon'ble PM Modi Jee inaugurated this site from SKICC Srinagar through Video conferencing.

Ø  This land has not been handed over to Relief and Rehabilitation Deptt. Yet and no work has started yet.

Ø  7.Odina Bandipora... 75 kanals

Due to delay tactics by local administration, Locals have brought stay from court to this project.

Also in Jammu, In Jagti Township there are only 4224, 1BHK flats, In Muthi 128 ,Purkhoo 256,Buta Nagar 256 ,TRT Nagrota 384 flats. The total 1BHK flats made by successive Govts till date are only 5248 only and that too have been completed way back in 2011.

More than 4 Lakh KP's have made their own houses by selling all their assets in Valley.

 

We request your good self to intervene in the matter and frame a proper committee to look up these issues at an earliest.”