Estimate Committee chairs meeting under the leadership of GM Saroori at Jammu.

Jammu – Estimates Committee (EC) of Legislative Assembly on Thursday recommended Rs. 2 lakh compensation to the next of the kin of those who are killed in man-animal conflict cases.


The Committee also recommended 75% of the market cost of the livestock killed in such cases. The Committee, which met here under the Chairmanship of MLA, G. M. Saroori reviewed in detail the status of CAMPA works, timber extraction and clearance of trees along under construction road projects, land compensation to the forest department for its land used in projects.


The committee asked the forest and R&B departments to conduct joint inspections on the road construction sites to sort out the issues with regard to the use of forest land and cutting of the trees to facilitate early clearance of NABARD, CRF and PMGSY road projects.


The Committee also recommended for engagement of local people as casual labours near protected areas for the protection of the wild life.


The Committee asked forest department to expedite the cases of clearance of road projects. The members directed the concerned to put up the objections for early clarification so that all pending road project cases are cleared within one month. The committee also called for submission of detailed district wise reports with date of indent, date of re-submission of queries and date of joint inspection reports about those cases pending with the forest department. The members asked the forest authorities to expedite the process and ensure clearance within a weeks’ time.


Legislators, Choudhary Mohammad Ramzan, Subash Kumar Gupta, Ashwani Kumar Sharma and s. Indu Pawar gave their suggestions to improve the working of Forest, Revenue and R&B departments in settling the pending cases.


Among others, Principal Secretary, R&B, K. B. Agarwal, Commissioner Secretary Forest, Shantmanu, Divisional Commissioner, Jammu, Dr. Pawan Kotwal, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, R. D. Tiwari, Director General, Accounts & Treasuries, Wali Mohammad Bhat, Special Secretary Revenue, Relief Commissioner, Head of departments of forest and its allied wings, Chief Engineers of various wings of R&B department and other concerned officers of Revenue, Forest, R&B and Assembly secretariat attended the meeting.