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Haryana CM announces Rs 5.15-crore refund for Kashmiri Pandit plot allottees, promises land for Lalleshwari Bhawan

Panchkula, Sep 19 (UNI) Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Saturday announced that Rs 5.15 crore collected as interest on EDC and IDC from Kashmiri Pandits allotted plots in Sector 2, Bahadurgarh, would be refunded.
He also assured land for a Mata Lalleshwari Bhawan if the organisation applies under prescribed rules.
Saini made the announcements while addressing the 705th birth anniversary celebrations of Mata Lalleshwari at Bani Mandir Gaushala in Gurugram.
The Chief Minister said the state government would allot land for a Mata Lalleshwari Bhawan in accordance with the rules once the organisation applies. He also announced the recarpeting of the approach road to the gaushala, following a demand from its management committee.
Saini said around two lakh Kashmiri Pandits live in Haryana, with a sizeable presence in Gurugram, Faridabad and Panchkula. He said the state provides 10 per cent reservation in education for children of Kashmiri Pandits.
Referring to rehabilitation measures, Saini said the previous government led by Manohar Lal gave allotment letters to 182 Kashmiri Pandit families to confer rights over land they purchased in Bahadurgarh.
Paying tribute to Mata Lalleshwari, Saini said the saint-poet had taken Kashmir's Shaivite philosophical tradition to ordinary people in their language and that her teachings promoted spiritual understanding and social harmony.
He said Haryana and Kashmir shared deep cultural and spiritual ties and assured the community that the state government would continue to support the preservation and promotion of Kashmiri culture and heritage.
Saini also referred to the Chenab railway bridge and initiatives to reconstruct temples in Kashmir, and called for strengthening brotherhood, mutual respect, and social harmony.
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