Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 2: A delegation of Ring Road Land Owners Welfare Committee (RRLOWC) with Srinagar and Jammu members met K.K Sharma, Advisor to the Governor.
The delegation which comprises of farmers apprised the Advisor about the difficulties they are facing due to land acquisition process in Kashmir and in Jammu especially in the districts of Jammu and Budgam which are the worst affected.
The delegation comprising of G.A Paul, Sarat Dubey, Dr Raja Muzaffar, Haji Ghulam Hussain and D.K Sharma asked the Advisor that existing Land Acquisition Act which is an 84 year old law needs to be replaced by a new legislation or ordinance.
The delegation also apprised the Advisor about the low stamp duty rates in Jammu district which do not at all match with the existing market rates.
Delegation members informed the Advisor that they have raised issues related to enactment of new land acquisition law in J&K for which process was already started by former Governor N.N Vohra and his then Advisor Khurshid Ahmad Ganai.
The delegation also discussed the issue of compensation to those people who were cultivating custodian lands at R.S Pura, Marh and Bhalwal tehsils.
The delegation apprised the Advisor about very less agriculture land holding in Jammu and Kashmir and demanded that farmers be given better compensation keeping these technical issues into consideration.
A handout stated that these farmers demand fair compensation as guaranteed under Central Land Acquisition Law of 2013 which National Highway Authority follows across the country except in J&K State as the central law is not applicable here.
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