4624 families of KPs applied for return to Kashmir

Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir government today said as many as 4624 migrant Kashmiri Pandit families have applied for return to valley.
“The situation is improving in the valley and about 4624 migrant families have applied for return to Kashmir valley,” the Minister for Revenue, Relief and Rehabilitation, Raman Bhalla told a nine-member students delegation from Chicago University here.
Bhalla informed the delegation that for facilitating the return of willing migrants, a comprehensive package of Rs 1618.40 crore was announced by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in 2008.
For improving the living standard of Kashmiri migrants, he said a mini township of 4218 flats spread over on an area of 100 acres at Jagti costing Rs 385 crore, is under implementation with facilities like hospital, school, recreational parks and round-the-clock water and power supply.