Jammu & Kashmir LG Manoj Sinha inaugurates 930-flat accommodation for Kashmiri Pandits

Jammu and Kashmir government today inaugurated a 930-flat accommodationformigrant Kashmiri Pandits. The LieutenantGovernorof Jammu and Kashmir,Manoj Sinha,laid the foundation stone of Transit accommodationfor Kashmiri Pandit Employees in Zewan area of Srinagar.

Kashmiri Pandits working under the Prime Ministers Reconstruction Plan (PMRP) will be provided accommodationin these flats.

"We have inaugurated a 930 flat-type transit accommodation for the migrant Kashmiri Pandits. Earlier, there was a time when land was not available for the construction of flats for the migrant Kashmiri Pandits. Majority of migrant KP employees working under PMRP are from Srinagar and this accommodation is for all those KP's,'' said Lieutenant Governorof Jammu and Kashmir,Manoj Sinha.

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The Jammu and Kashmir government has started making many such transit accommodationsfor Kashmiri Pandits in various districts of the Kashmir Valley. The government says that these accommodationsare for security and protection of the KashmiriPandits. “We have taken up similar projects in many parts of the KashmirValley. Security concerns andmeasures for protection of KPs have been taken care of well,” said Lieutenant Governorof Jammu and Kashmir,Manoj Sinha.

Sinha also said that forpromotions, non-gazetted migrant KP posts have been referred to Public Service Commission (PSC) for making them gazetted cadres.

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