Jammu Development Authority
The Jammu Development Authority (JDA) has begun the process for eviction of land grabbers by issuing final notices to encroachers, under pressure from the Jammu and Kashmir High Court to eliminate massive encroachments from prime Gole Gujaral land costing around Rs 150 crores. JDA Sushma Chowhan, Vice Chairperson, said in a notice to the encroachers, [...] Continue Reading »
The state government continues to follow the J&K Development Act-1970, which has an outdated land acquisition provisions, although the population of Jammu city is expected to touch 19 lakh in 2021. The government has also confessed that the failure of Municipal Corporations, Urban Development Department and other agencies to match with rapidly growing demands of [...] Continue Reading »
Jammu Development Authority’s (JDA) project to construct 425 residential flats in the Gandhi Nagar area of the city had been approved by the Minister for Urban Development, Nawang Rigzin Jora. Accompanied by Housing and Urban Development secretary Satish Nehru and JDA vice-chairman KL Khajuria, the minister visited the site proposed for a group housing colony [...] Continue Reading »
