Expressing concern over the state administration decision to lease out 60 kanals of industrial land to the Central Reserve Police Force at Zakura, Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) on Monday said that it would also consider approaching the court if the decision is not revoked.
“The KCCI would consider approaching the High Court, ifneeded,” a spokesperson of the apex chamber said in a written statement.
He said the business community of the state is suffering dueto the non-availability of land.
“The KCCI is on record to have asked the Government, timeand again, to retrieve land wasted under the occupation of the governmentPublic Sector Undertakings (PSUs) and make the same available forindustrial/commercial use. It was surprising that instead the Government hadrecently announced that it was in the process of identification of land forcreation of small Satellite Industrial Estates of around 40 kanals, whereashuge chunks of prime industrial land were being converted into camps andresidential quarters for security forces,” the spokesperson said.
Already more than 300 kanals of land belonging to theZainakote Industrial Estate was transferred to different wings of the State andCentral Security Forces last year. This land was retrieved from the erstwhileHindustan Machine Tools (HMT) group in the year 2017.