Desist from issuing tuglaki farmaan, PDP tells Guv admin

Srinagar, Dec 2: As the government scrapped the earlier procedure of timber distribution in state’s higher reaches, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has termed the decision anti-people and a covert way to allow illicit extraction of timber from state’s forests.

In a statement, former minster and PDP General Secretary Abdul Haq Khan said that earlier the government had devised a mechanism in accordance to which the distribution of timber was done as per the zones in the state.

There were three main zones called A, B and C and as per the established practice, those living closer to forests used to get the timber at subsidized rates.

“However, as per the new order issued by the Governor administration, the zone system has been scraped and replaced with the BPL and APL Category. Further, the people living closer to forests used to get one CFT of timber at the rate of Rs 300 and now the same timber would cost the more than Rs 1400 in the same area,” Khan said.

The PDP General Secretary added that the earlier practice of timber distribution was the outcome of a well-considered decision which was also an eco-friendly one.

“Those who were living in the closer vicinity of the forests have a due right to get the timber at the subsidized rates. The procedure was also keeping a check on illicit extraction of timber. However, the new order is going to promote that,” Khan said.

He added that it is ironic that the Governor administration is taking the most thoughtless decisions without assessing the ground situation.

“Those at the helm at present in the state do not understand the importance of timber as a construction material in the state. They must bear in mind that Jammu and Kashmir is not Chattisgarh, Haryana or Karnataka. Right balance had been struck by those who introduced the system after thorough deliberations and after considering the models prevalent in the eco fragile area,” Khan said, while demanding immediate reversal of this latest “Tuglaki Farmaan.” (KNS)

 

Any change in granting PRC unacceptable: Congress

Srinagar, Dec 2: The Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee has cautioned the Governor Administration against any proposed structural changes in granting PRC.

The JKPCC Spokesperson in a statement issued today has said that any changes to PRC are unacceptable to Congress Party.

It has been reported that Governor Administration is mulling to bring some change in grant of PRC, which is certainly going disappoint the society, at large, cautioning that any changes to PRC would not be in the interest of State, rather it will have serious implications on the society, Spokesperson said

This step will invent another problem in the State, which has to be avoided, in the larger interests of peace, he added

Since the State Legislative Assembly has been dissolved the Governor Administration has no mandate to interfere in the Constitutional matters of the State, Spokesperson said.

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