JK govt mulls ordinance for management of Kashmir Temples

Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has directed the Revenue Department to prepare a note for Cabinet for promulgation of ordinance for protection and management of temples in the Valley.

"You should come up with a note on the subject as early as possible for the clearance of the Cabinet so that the same would be presented to the Governor for promulgation of the Ordinance accordingly," he told the department while chairing the meeting of apex advisory committee for Kashmiri migrants here.

He said the Bill in this regard would be tabled in the next session of legislature in Srinagar subsequently.

Kashmiri Pandits have resorted to demonstrations and huger strikes during past over 6 months against the alleged illegal sale of temple properties and encroachments in Kashmir Valley and in support of setting up of temple and shrine properties trust in Jammu and Kashmir.