Baramulla, Jul 15: Jammu and Kashmir’s Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Saturday said that no outsider was being given land under Pradhan Mantri’s Awas Yojna (PMAY) and those who grabbed state land illegally should stop misleading people.
Addressing a function at Dak Bunglow, Baramulla district of north Kashmir, the Lt Governor said that many people came to him stating that they were eligible for the PMAY but they had no land.
“So the administration took a review and decided to give such families 5 malras land under PMAY so that they can construct their own houses. So far, 1,99500 homes have been sanctioned for homeless families. The figure includes 46000 SC and ST category families who were eligible for the scheme besides 2711 families who had no land,” he said. “Unfortunately, some people are misleading the people by claiming that land is being given to outsiders. No outsider is being given land in J&K.”
Without naming any political party or leader, the Lt Governor said that those who grabbed state land and constructed huge houses not with their own money, should stop misleading people. “These people should stop creating confusion. I would not go into where they got money to construct huge palaces on illegally encroached state land,” the Lt Governor said.
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