On recommendation of senior officers of armed forces, Divisional Commissioner Jammu, Sanjeev Verma, Friday pushed the authorities to identify land for ‘security forces’ in the province.
Pertinently, former Chief Minster of Jammu and Kashmir Mehbboba Mufti, in January, had informed that over 4.30 lakh kanals of land in J&K is under the unauthorized occupation of army and other security forces.
In a meeting with Deputy Commissioners of Jammu division and officers of Security forces, Verma had pushed for identification of land for Police/ CRPF/BSF. IGP Jammu Dr. S D Singh, DIG CRPF North Jammu, P C Jha, DIG CRPF Jammu sector, M P Bahuguna, DIG BSF Jammu, Indraj Singh, Deputy Commissioner Jammu, Ramesh Kumar, Deputy Commissioner Samba, Sushma Chouhan and senior functionaries of JDA besides all Deputy Commissioners of Jammu Division had attended the meeting through video conferencing.
“Senior officers of security forces apprised the Div Com of their requirement of land in various districts of Jammu division. The DCs apprised the Div Com about the availability of land in their respective districts,” read a press statement issued by Directorate of Information, J&K.
“The Div Com has asked the DCs to hand over the land identified by them in their respective districts to the security forces at the earliest,” it further read.
