New package for rehabilitation of Kashmiri Pandits in offing

That package included assistance of Rs 7.5 lakh per family for reconstruction for fully or partially damaged houses, assistance of Rs 2 lakh per family for dilapidated houses, assistance of Rs 7.5 lakh per family for purchase of a house in Group Housing Societies for those who have sold their properties during the period of turmoil in 1989.  

Like the previous one, returnee migrant families will be provided transit accommodation during the interim period when they undertake the reconstruction or repair of their houses.  

Those returnee families, who may not be provided transit accommodation, would be given rental and incidental expenses.  All of them will be provided security if they feel insecure anywhere, officials said.

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said he was looking forward to work with the NDA government on return of displaced Kashmiri Pandit community to the Valley.  “I look forward to working with the new government as they unveil their plans for the honourable return of the displaced Pandit community,” Omar had tweeted.