SRINAGAR: Former Minister and Nationwide Convention Further Basic Secretary, Ajay Kumar Sadhotra, on Monday, questioned the logic behind approving Rs 26 Crore by the Administrative Council headed by Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha, for the acquisition of land to construct an extra constructing for Jammu and Kashmir Home in New Delhi.
This comes even because the UT Administration owns practically 114 Kanal of prime land at Rajaji Marg within the Nationwide Capital, a significant chunk of which is underneath the occupation of the Military, Sadhotra mentioned.
“It will have been sagacious for the J&Okay Administration to get the prime Rajaji Marg land vacated from the Military, given the distinctive alternative of the so-called double-engine authorities in place,” Sadhotra mentioned in a press release. “The Lieutenant Governor must have spoken to Defence Minister, Rajnath Singh, to resolve the difficulty, as a substitute of placing extra stress on the state exchequer.”
Sadhotra expressed hope that the Lieutenant Governor’s Administration will rethink the choice and work in the direction of getting the appreciable chunk of 97 kanals out of the whole 114 kanal land vacated from the Military to have a powerful Jammu and Kashmir Home, holding in view the rising wants of the downgraded state.
Recalling the written reply of the then Jammu and Kashmir Authorities, to which the BJP was a coalition companion, on June 2, 2016, Sadhotra highlighted that the government-owned property comprising 14.32 Acres (114K-11.2M) of land with built-up space popularly often known as Kashmir Home in New Delhi. “A serious portion of the land is underneath the occupation of the Ministry of Defence, with solely 17.4 kanals of land, housing 75 employees quarters, in possession of the Jammu and Kashmir authorities,” Sadhotra mentioned.
He additional famous the efforts made by the Home Committee of J&Okay Legislative Council, constituted to look into the restoration of State properties located outdoors the State, throughout their go to to Rajaji Marg and 5-Prithvi Raj Street on July 22, 2013. The Committee handed sure observations and directed officers to provide you with a complete plan to make optimum use of the out there land with the Authorities. The Committee prompt that, being the capital of the nation, Delhi ought to have state workplaces and residential lodging in step with the norms of a metropolitan metropolis.
On this backdrop, Sadhotra hoped that the LG Administration would take a decisive stance on this vital subject, have interaction with the Union Ministry of Defence, and work in the direction of resolving the matter to create ample lodging for the visiting folks of Jammu and Kashmir in New Delhi, thereby saving the State Exchequer.
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