Jammu, 25 April (H.S.): The Displaced Persons from Pak occupied Jammu and Kashmir today held protest demonstration, projecting their demand of allotment of land, provide 12 Assembly seats to the DPs from POJK.
A large number of displaced persons, under the banner of POJK DPs’ Front 1947, 1965 and 1971 and (Non Camp) led by its president, Capt (Retd) Yudhvir Singh Chib assembled at Maharaja Hari Singh Park in Jammu today and started protest demonstration. They were demanding that DPs be given compensation @ Rs 30 lakh per family as recommended by the JPC. They said Govt provided Rs 5.5 lakh per family but maintained that it was just one installment of the total package, recommended by JPC. Remaining amount of Rs 24.5 lakhs should also be released by the authorities.
They pointed out that Govt should provide 10 marla land/plots to the POJK DPs and other refugees. Land should also be allotted to non-camp refugees, they demanded.
Capt Yudhvir Singh demanded that out of the 24 seats kept for the POJK area, 12 seats be allotted to the DPs from POJK in the J&K Assembly. Refugees from Chhamb, settled in Pargwal area with hard work had cultivated lands along the bank of Chenab river. Under Roshni Act they were allotted lands prepared by them with hard work but the same have now been snatched by the Government. The government by taking lenient view should restore those lands to them. He also demanded ST-II status for the DPs from POJK.
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Hindusthan Samachar / Krishan Kumar
