‘Nothing New’ In Declaring 1388 Kanals Of Land For Armed Forces’ in Gulmarg, Sonamarg: Div Com
As the government declared 1034 kanals of land in Gulmarg and 354 in Sonamarg as 'strategic areas for armed forces', authorities here insisted that there was “nothing new” it.
Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Pandurang Kondbarao Pole said it was just nod by government to allow the use of land to army for training purposes.
"Basically there is nothing new in this strategic area for all these lands are already under use of army for decades, even for more than 30 to 40 years now for training and other relevant things", Pole told GNS.
"At both the places (Gulmarg and Sonamarg), trainings of high altitude are conducted for which the army has already acquired land there and some is requisitioned land", he said, adding, “no new area is being added."
He further said: “Just for the requi...








