Home Minister’s Jammu visit deferred due to bad weather

Jammu, Jan 8: Union Home Minister and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah’s scheduled one-day visit to Jammu on January 9 has been deferred due to inclement weather conditions and forecast.

According to an official spokesperson, during this proposed visit, the Union Home Minister was scheduled to attend the Viksit Bharat Sankalpa Yatra in Jammu and inaugurate projects worth Rs 1379 crore including the e-buses in Jammu city and lay the foundation stone of projects worth Rs 2348 Cr.

He was also scheduled to distribute the appointment letters to those appointed on compassionate ground.

Shah was also scheduled to undertake a review of security and development of Jammu and Kashmir.

As per the itinerary of his proposed visit, the Union Minister was scheduled to travel to Dera Ki Gali in Poonch sector also to meet the families of the civilians killed recently in this area.

“However, in view of the prevailing inclement weather that conditions and forecast thereof the programme is deferred,” an official spokesman said.

Earlier, J&K BJP chief Ravinder Raina said post on X that the visit of Home Minister Amit Shah stands cancelled due to prevailing weather conditions in the region.

“Just been intimated that due to the uncertain weather conditions prevailing in the region, tomorrow’s (9th January) visit of the Hon’ble Union Home Minister Sh. @AmitShah Ji to Jammu stands cancelled,” Raina posted.

Earlier on January 2, the Union Home Minister had chaired a review meeting in the union capital on the security situation of the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir, in wake of the recent terror attack there.

National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, Union Home Secretary, Chief of Army Staff, Director (IB), Heads of CAPFs, Chief Secretary & DGP, UT of Jammu and Kashmir too had attended the meeting.