Jammu: Over 11,000 non-state subject families are living in Jammu and Kashmir since 1965, the government said on Monday.
11,199 families, who are not state subjects of Jammu and Kashmir, are living in various places across the state, Minister for Revenue, Relief and Rehabilitation Basharat Bukhari said in a written reply to a question of Independent MLA Sheikh Abdul Rashid in Legislative Assembly.
He said out of them, 9,403 families are West Pakistani refugees, 1,208 Tibetan refugees and 5,86 families are other non-state subjects. While Tibetan refugees are settled across various places in Leh district and are being provided ration and other facilities like electricity and water, the West Pakistani refugees and other non-state subjects families are residing in Jammu, Samba, Kathua and Ramban districts and are not being provided any financial assistance or package, Bukhari said.
Jammu district is home to the highest numbers of non-permanent residents in J&K. It houses 5889 families including 5457 families of West Pakistan refugees and 432 other families, the government said in a written response in the state assembly on Monday.
Kathua is at second position next to Jammu with 2396 families including 2334 WPRs and 62 other families. Samba is No 3 with 1612 WPR families, the response said.
Ramban has 67 non permanent residents but neither o them is a WPR. Same is true with Udhampur which has 25 such families.
Leh homes 1208 Tibetan refugee families. They are located at Chokiamsar, Spituk, Dongti, Anley, Koyal, and Sumdo, Pella Sasal (Mohalla) village Tangtse. They are provided ration and other facilities like electricity, roads and water.
Bandipore is home to a family of four persons from Kurkshetra who are living in Sonawari since1971. Baramulla has one non-state subject family from Kapurthala in Punjab. Identified as that of Joinder Singh, he married Inder Kour who had migrated from Muzaffarabad in 1947 and settled in Baramula.
Srinagar, Pulwamma, Kupwara, Ganderbal, Kargil, Islamabad, Shopian, Kulgam, Budgam, Reasi, Doda, Kishtwar, Rajouri and Poonch have no non state subjects or non permanent residents living there.
However, all the non-permanent residents, including West Pakistani refugees, are enjoying basic amenities like water, electricity and roads, the minister said.
As regards to grant of permanent certificates, there is no such proposal with the government under consideration, he added. (CNS)
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