“2 terrorist attacks on pilgrims, 14 casualties during last five years”: MoS Rai
New Delhi, Aug 6 :
Around 5,724 Kashmiri migrants have been given government jobs under the Prime Minister’s Development Package-2015 and Prime Minister’s Reconstruction Plan, the Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai said on Tuesday.
Replying to an unstarred question in Lok Sabha, MoS Rai said, “Unemployed youth are also being facilitated to get financial assistance under self-employment schemes.”
The Government has also taken several steps for the security of Kashmiri migrants including robust security and intelligence grid, group security in form of static guards, round-the-clock nakas at the strategic points, night patrolling and area domination, identification of vulnerable spots, security arrangement through appropriate deployment and intensified cordon and search operations, the MoS highlighted.
Over 5,700 Kashmiri
The cash assistance of Rs 3,250 per person to eligible Kashmiri migrants subject to a maximum limit of Rs 13,000 per family per month have been given, he said.
“Eligible Kashmiri migrants are provided with 9 kg of rice per person, 2 kg atta per person and 1 kg sugar per family per month as basic dry ration. To facilitate the return of Kashmiri migrants to Kashmir valley, 6,000 transit accommodations are being constructed for employees recruited under Prime Minister’s Package,” the MoS said.
The Government of Jammu and Kashmir has launched an online portal in August, 2021, wherein Kashmiri migrants can lodge online grievances with regards to encroachment, change of title, mutation and distress sale, he said.
Kashmiri migrants have been provided with Ayushman Golden Health Cards. Primary Health Centres and Dispensaries have been made available in camps for appropriate healthcare, he added.
“Five government schools (4 higher secondary level and one secondary level) have been set up in camps to provide education to displaced children. Migration Certificate is issued to eligible migrant students through online portal www.jkmigrantrelief.nic.in. For the convenience of Kashmiri migrants, Domicile Certificate, Resident of Backward Area Certificate, Migrant Certificate, Income Certificate, Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) Certificates and Registration Certificates are issued online,” MoS Rai said.
Meanwhile, Minister of State (MoS) for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai said that there have been two terrorist attacks on pilgrims and 14 casualties were reported during the past five years in the country.
In a reply to the question raised by Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Abhishek Banerjee in Lok Sabha, MoS Rai said, “2 terrorist attacks on pilgrims and 14 Casualties of pilgrims during the last five years between 2019 to 29 July 2024.
To ensure the safety and security of pilgrims, measures taken by the Government include the issuance of Advisories from time to time, sharing of intelligence through institutional mechanisms and providing Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) whenever requested by the concerned State/Union Territory (UT).” MoS Rai said that the central government framed Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and also implemented them, in particular, for the safety/security of pilgrims in Jammu and Kashmir. He added that adequate security arrangements in coordination with all security agencies have been put in place for the safety of pilgrims.
“CCTV cameras have been installed on Amarnath Yatra (SANJY), 2024, routes, camps, langer points for proper surveillance and monitoring,” Rai said in Lok Sabha.
He said that drone surveillance is put in place at sensitive locations and specialised quick-action teams have been placed at appropriate and sensitive locations.
Corridor protection is provided by the Army. Senior-level officers are deployed at Pahalgam/ Baltal to monitor the arrangements of SANJY, 2024. Senior level officers are supervising the Yatra by taking periodical reviews of SANJY,” he said.
MoS Rai said that 577 Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) and Assam Rifles (AR) personnel died due to heart attacks and illness in Naxal affected area during the last five years between 2019 to 2023.
