Panch, Sarpanch in J&K to get security, insurance coverage, says Amit Shah

Panch and sarpanch in Jammu and Kashmir will get police security and insurance coverage of ₹2 lakh each.

This assurance was given by Union Home Minister Amit Shah to a delegation of sarpanch (village head) and panch (panchayat member) from Jammu and Kashmir who met him on Tuesday (September 3).

“We have requested the home minister to provide us security and he has assured us that the administration will provide us security,” said Mir Junaid, a Sarpanch from Kupwara. Another Sarpanch, Zuber Nishad Bhat, who is from Harvan in Srinagar district, said that the home minister also assured them that insurance coverage of ₹2 lakh will be provided to every panch and sarpanch.

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Bhat also said that the home minister told the delegation that mobile phone services in Jammu and Kashmir will be restored in the next 15-20 days. Junaid said that the home minister told the panch and sarpanch that, as promised on the floor of the Parliament, the statehood of Jammu and Kashmir will be restored when the situation becomes normal.

Panchayat elections in Jammu and Kashmir were held last year after a gap of six years.