In a significant development, the Union Cabinet which met under the chairmanship of Prime Minister approved rehabilitation package for the Dal dwellers worth ` 356 crore, today. It is pertinent to mention here that the commitment for this package was made by the Prime Minister during his visit to Jammu and Kashmir last year.
The Housing and Urban Development Department which administers Lakes and Waterways Development Authority, had taken up with Union Ministry of Environment and Forests the project for funding the compensation to be paid to the Dal dwellers for acquisition of their land and structures within the Dal lake. The project has now been cleared after its techno-financial justification.
The Deputy Chief Minister and Minister incharge of the Housing and Urban Development Department Tara Chand, who is in New Delhi and was pursuing sanctioning of this amount since it was taken up with the Union has expressed his gratitude towards the Union Cabinet in general and Prime Minister in particular. It would not have been possible to take developmental initiatives in the State without the support of the Centre, for which the State was indebted to UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi also, he said in a statement.
The Deputy Chief Minister also thanked Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, who has always been espousing and pursuing such issues of the people of the State in New Delhi.
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