PoK refugees demand one time settlement
JAMMU:
Demanding comprehensive settlement, a large number of displaced families from
various districts held a protest against the State Government under the banner of Jammu
and Kashmir PoK Refugee Front 1947, 1965 and 1971 outside Press
Club, Jammu on
Tuesday. Raising anti-government slogans, the refugee families belonging to
Mirpur, Bhimber, Deva, Watala, Chhamb, Mannawar, Kotli, Palandari, Baag, Poonch
and Muzafarabad assembled in front of Press Club and demanded urgent granting
of the one-time settlement package for refugees declared by the Centre. Front
General Secretary, Rachhpal Singh Chib said the PoK refugees of 1947, 1965,
1971 had staged many protest rallies and also submitted memorandum to the
Government of India as well. He alleged that officials, however, were observing
silence on the issue as they are least concerned about their problems.
The
front demanded that a fresh notification should be issued to register genuine
non-camp families by the DC office that had been left out. It appealed to the
authorities to take appropriate steps to ensure that the problems of the
refugees were solved soon once for all. They demanded a onetime package for the
refugees of 1947, 1965 and 1971 which include compensation for the shortage of
land allotted to the refugees, ownership of the land allotted, reservation in
the Assembly seats, reservation in education and recruitment and implementation
of Wadhwa Commission Report.
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