: Construction of only 17% of 6,000 houses for Kashmiri Pandits done in 7 years, shows Centre’s data #IndiaNEWS Only 17%, or about 1,025 houses, of the proposed accommodation for Kashmiri Pandits has

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Construction of only 17% of 6,000 houses for Kashmiri Pandits done in 7 years, shows Centre’s data #IndiaNEWS
Only 17%, or about 1,025 houses, of the proposed accommodation for Kashmiri Pandits has been completed in the last seven years till February 2022, The Hindu reported on Saturday, citing data from the Union Home Ministry.An estimated 83,000 Kashmiri Pandit families had left the Kashmir valley in the 1990s after prominent members of the community were targeted and killed by militants, showed the data on the Union Territory’s government website.In 2015, the Centre had announced that 6,000 accommodation units will be constructed the Kashmiri Pandits for them to return to the Kashmir valley.In December, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs had pointed out that construction of the accommodation units has been slow. Till then, 849 accommodation units had been constructed, while 176 were about to be completed.Fresh home affairs ministry data shows that the construction of 50% of the houses is yet to begin, according to The Hindu.On March 9, Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai had written to Shiv Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi informing her that the construction of all the accommodation units was expected to be completed by 2023.“The work on 1,488 units is at different stages of completion,� Rai said. “The tenders have been finalised in respect of 2,744 units and tendering processes in respect of remaining units have also...Read more

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