Jammu: Union Minister of State for Home Hansraj Gangaram Ahir today expressed concern over illegal settlement of Rohingyas in Jammu.
“Illegal settlement of Rohingyas in Jammu is a matter of concern. We had a detailed discussion during a review meeting here with the concerned authorities,” Mr Ahir here told media persons after touring border areas.
He said, “We have asked the officials concerned to identify the number of families of Rohingyas living in Jammu for further action.”
There was resentment and complaints from various corners and people of Jammu against their illegal settlement, Mr Ahir said adding, “their activities should be watched and what businesses they are running, their source of income, must be noticed.”
He asked police to ensure that unless no action is initiated, they should live in peace here and not get indulged in any criminal activity.
On West Pakistani Refugees, the Union MoS said, “We have discussed the issue of domicile certificate to them and it is under consideration.”
Meanwhile, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Hansraj Gangaram Ahir today emphasized expeditious disbursement of relief among the displaced persons (DPs) under one-time settlement package besides speedy construction of transit accommodation for Kashmiri migrants and providing employment opportunities to the migrant youth.
The Minister was speaking during a meeting held to review the implementation of Prime Minister’s Development Package for Rehabilitation of displaced Persons of PaJK 1947 and Chhamb displaced persons of 1965 and 1971.
Members of Parliament Shamsher Singh Manhas and Jugal Kishore Sharma, Divisional Commissioner, Jammu Dr Mandeep Kumar Bhandari, Commissioner Secretary Revenue, Mohammad Ashraf Mir, IGP Jammu Dr SD Singh Jamwal, Director (JK-L&M) S C Karol, Relief and Rehabilitation Commissioner (M) M L Raina, Additional Commissioner, Jammu Rehana Batool, Deputy Commissioner, Jammu Kumar Rajeev Ranjan, PRO, Jammu Mushtaq Malik, besides concerned officers were present in the meeting.
The Minister was informed in the meeting that Rs 2000 crore is to be disbursed to 36384 families from the said groups of displaced persons which was sanctioned by the Prime Minister for one time settlement for their rehabilitation.
The Minster was further informed that there are four designated authorities in the state including Deputy Commissioners of Jammu, Samba, Kathua and Custodian (Ex-Officio PRO), Jammu for the submission of cases.
The Union Minister directed the officers to properly scrutinize the cases and upload on the official website on daily basis. He directed to complete the formalities on war footing and send the cases to the Government so that beneficiaries get the first installment under the Prime Minister’s relief package.
Reviewing the schemes for rehabilitation of Kashmiri and Jammu migrants, the Union Minister directed to complete the process of Aadhaar seeding of Bank accounts of beneficiaries at the earliest so that the relief in the form of cash assistance is made through DBT.
The Minister was further informed that an aadhaar Cell has also been created to facilitate aadhaar seeding of Bank accounts of beneficiaries, compilation of data in DBT format and redressal of grievance.
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