Evacuee Property Department continues anti-encroachment drive on the evacuees’ land

Srinagar February, 6 ( PTK) Retrieves huge chunks of evacuee land; identified land to be utilized for developmental projects by UT Government

evacuee property is underway.

The identified chunk of land shall be utilized for developmental projects by UT Government either by lease or acquisition mode besides commercially viable land for gainfully utilization.

So far, the department has also provided land for various public purposes such as setting up of government offices and institutions and for such noble causes as setting up of hostels for wards of police and armed forces martyrs.

The practice of allotment of land on the basis of individual request has been done away with and now a transparent procedure of auction to determine lease premium of property has been adopted. In this connection recently the department has auctioned various flats and shops in Srinagar city and also auction of shops in Baramulla is under way. Various patches of land have also been identified which will put to auction to determine lease, after giving wide publicity.

NO: PR/DDI/SGR/23/6017/ (PTK)