Jammu, March 2 The Jammu and Kashmir government has disbursed ₹1,695 crore in compensation for land acquired for the Ring Road projects in the twin capital cities, while nearly 1,400 cases are still pending due to litigation or other issues, officials said.
Work on the two projects — the 58.25-km Jammu Ring Road connecting Raya Morh in Samba district to Jagti near Nagrota in Jammu, and the 60.84-km Srinagar Ring Road covering six districts of Pulwama, Budgam, Srinagar, Baramulla and Bandipora — started in 2018.
The projects are in the final stages of completion, the officials said.
They said that a compensation of ₹2,106.70 crore has been awarded for land acquired for the Ring Road projects. Of this, ₹1,784.45 crore has been released, while ₹1,695.37 crore has been disbursed so far.
An amount of ₹89.08 crore is yet to be disbursed, and ₹322.25 crore remains pending to be received, the officials said.
In the Jammu division, they said, a compensation of ₹322.21 crore has been awarded. Of this, ₹270.11 crore has been released, and ₹244.43 crore has been disbursed. An amount of ₹25.68 crore is yet to be disbursed, while ₹52.10 crore is pending to be received.
In the Kashmir division, compensation amounting to ₹1,784.49 crore has been awarded. Of this, ₹1,514.34 crore has been released, and ₹1,450.94 crore has been disbursed so far. An amount of ₹63.40 crore remains to be disbursed, while ₹270.15 crore is pending to be received, the officials said.
The officials said that the compensation amount is shared between the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) and the J&K government in the ratio of 90:10.
Regarding pending cases, the officials said that a total of 1,398 land owners' compensation cases are yet to be disposed of across both divisions.
They said that in the Jammu division, 150 cases are pending — 112 in Jammu and 38 in Samba districts.
In the Kashmir division, 1,248 cases remain pending, including 905 in Ganderbal, 247 in Budgam, 57 in Srinagar, 32 in Bandipora, and seven in Baramulla, the officials said.
The pendency has been attributed to non-deposit of remaining funds by the concerned department, court litigations, title disputes, and other land-related disputes.
The officials said that compensation in dispute-free cases is being disbursed regularly through the Bhoomi Rashi portal, while disputed amounts, including ₹28.20 crore in certain title cases, have been deposited before the high court.