CM Mehbooba Mufti request to defence minister Sitharaman

On Sunday, Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti discussed several issues with defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman. She requested Nirmala Sitharaman to get state lands, which are no longer required by the army, vacated.

The defence minister arrived in Srinagar on Sunday afternoon and proceeded directly to south Kashmir’s Pahalgam tourist resort to attend the executive council meeting of Jawahar Institute of Mountaineering and Winter Sports.

Mufti sought intervention of the defence minister for the return of state lands no longer required for operational purposes by the army.

The CM brought several issues pertaining to defence to the union minister’s notice.

“The chief minister also pressed for speeding up of cases of revision and payment of rent in respect of the land owners of Anantnag, whose land is being used by the army. The defence minister assured the chief minister to look into the issue of revision and payment of rent to the land owners of Anantnag,” an official said.