LOK SABHA
Available reports
say no Kashmiri migrant family has returned to their homes so
far. The Minister of State for Home, Shri Harin Pathak told
the Lok Sabha in a written reply that in order to enable safe
and honourable return of migrants to their native places in
the Valley, the then State Government of J&K finalized an
Action Plan involving a total amount of Rs.2589.73 crores. The
Action Plan is to be implemented in phases, which envisages
return and rehabilitation of migrant families in areas where
clusters of migrant houses are available and in villages/mohallas
in the Kashmir Valley Districts with sizeable Kashmiri Pandit
population and where security is already being provided. To
begin with, 166 houses forming 15 clusters have been identified
in Srinagar and Badgam Districts, which are considered safe
for return of the owners of these houses. The list of these
clusters was published in the newspapers and steps were taken
to identify the families and find their willingness to return
to their homes. About 50 families who were registered with the
Relief organization, Jammu were contacted personally to give
their consent for return to the Valley on the basis of the package
announced by the Government. Interaction meetings with some
of these families were also held but as reported by State Government,
only two families (not belonging to the particular area) have
agreed to return to the Valley so far.
He also told
the House that the New State Government has indicated that they
have identified the shrines in Mattan and Kheer Bhavani where
the Kashmiri migrants displaced from these places could be settled
temporarily by developing two model clusters containing temporary
shelters for Kashmiri migrants, till such time they can repair
their existing residential house.
