Amit Shah arriving in Jammu on 2-day visit today
Jammu, May 28: Union Home Minister Amit Shah is arriving in Jammu on Thursday evening for a two-day visit to the region, post ëOperation Sindoor.í
As per his itinerary, HM Shah will reach Jammu at around 7 pm on Thursday.
His major engagement after arrival in Jammu will be a high-level security review meeting in attendance with Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha and the top brass of the entire security paraphernalia.
The focus of deliberations will be anti-terrorist operations and security arrangements for the Amarnath Yatra beginning on July 3, amid anticipated heightened activities by Pakistan to avenge ëOperation Sindoor.í The Union Home Minister will review the follow-up of the instructions given during his last visit to J&K.
After a night stay at Raj Bhawan, Jammu, he will leave for Poonch at 10 am on May 30 to be with the shelling victims and also take first-hand assessment of damages there and plans to mitigate the sufferings of shelling-affected people. It is very likely that he may announce a special package for them (affected).
Border district Poonch bore the maximum brunt of Pakistan shelling across J&K, both in terms of civilian casualties as well as damages to properties. 13 persons lost their lives while around 700 houses were damaged in Poonch.
On May 26, the Leader of the Opposition in the J&K Legislative Assembly and the former minister Sunil Sharma, while addressing a press conference at BJP headquarters in Jammu announced that the Central government in principle agreed to a special package for the reconstruction of 1500-2000 houses and other structures damaged in Pak shelling through Direct Benefit Transfers (DBTs) to the affected people.
Notably J&K BJP 5-member committee was constituted by the central party leadership to assess damages in Pak shelling.
The committee had recommended the Government of India to grant a special package encompassing a suitable amount, moving beyond existing (SDRF) norms, to enable them (people) to reconstruct their damaged houses, numbering between 1500-2000 across J&K.
The BJP committee, comprising 5 MLAs, has already submitted its report comprising three key demands to the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Lieutenant Governor of J&K, Sharma said.
According to him, the committee recommendations included immediate construction of more bunkers (both individual and community) to ensure civilian safety; government jobs for families which lost a member due to shelling and increased compensation for damaged homes beyond the existing limit of Rs 1.2 lakh under SDRF norms.
The committee also recommended the disbursal through Direct Benefit Transfers (DBTs) to ensure efficient and immediate disbursal of aid.
This will be Shahís maiden visit to J&K after ëOperation Sindoor.í He had visited Kashmir on April 22 in the aftermath of the dastardly Pahalgam terror attack, the same evening. 26 unarmed civilians, including 25 tourists, were killed.
During his visit, he had met the Pahalgam terror attack victimsí families and had also chaired high-level security review meetings.
The caveat from the sources, however, remains the same that the itinerary may witness any change at the last moment.
