Srinagar, Aug 21 (PTI) Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Monday said those opposing the “land-to-landless policy” initiated by his administration were responsible for the death of 50,000 innocent people over the past three decades in the Union Territory.
Sinha said under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, nearly two lakh houses have been sanctioned for Jammu and Kashmir but many of these beneficiaries did not have any land to construct houses.
“A decision was made to give land to those who are eligible under the scheme as per the 2011 Census. However, when poor people get land and houses, distress is a common reaction of some people,” Sinha said at the three-day ‘National Thematic Workshop on Localisation of (LSDGs) Sustainable Development Goals in Panchayats’ here.
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