"We are committed to the rehabilitation of Kashmiri Pandits who have migrated from the valley. The state government can start the process of identifying the land for their rehabilitation after the floods. They can identify land in one month or two months after dealing with floods," he told reporters here.
Singh was on a day-long tour to Jammu and Kashmir during which he made an aerial survey of flood affected areas of the state.
Asked whether it was proper to write a letter to Chief Minister Omar Abdullah asking him to identify land in the midst of floods, the Home Minister said there was nothing wrong in sending the letter as the process was initiated even before the state was hit by floods.
"The letter has gone in the normal course. The letter only means the process has begun," he said.
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The Home Minister yesterday asked the Jammu and Kashmir government to identify "suitable land" for the rehabilitation of some three lakh Kashmiri Pandits who migrated from the Kashmir Valley in the early 1990's due to militancy.
In his letter to Abdullah, the Home Minister has suggested that the land may be identified near the native place from where they migrated and also advised that this should be done in such a manner there was adequate security in and around the area.
At present, there are about 62,000 registered Kashmiri families who migrated from the Kashmir Valley to either Jammu, Delhi or to other parts of the country after the onset of militancy in the border state.
Asked about rehabilitation of refugees who have migrated from Pakistan since 1947, the Home Minister said the government will come up with plans for them very soon.