Mufti had a one-on-one meeting with Sitharaman at Pahalgam in south Kashmir's Anantnag district where the defence minister had come to attend a meeting of the executive council of Jawahar Institute of Mountaineering and Winter Sports, an official spokesman said.
During the meeting with Sitharaman, the chief minister brought several issues pertaining to defence to the Union minister's notice.
The chief minister pressed for the speeding up of cases of revision and payment of rent in respect of the land owners of High Ground, Anantnag whose land is being used by the Army, the spokesman said.
Sitharaman assured Mufti to look into the issue of revision and payment of rent to the land owners of High Ground, Anantnag. She regretted the delay and inconvenience caused all these years to the land owners who have not been paid rent, the spokesman said.
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Sitharaman assured the delegation that she would try to fast track their case of rent payment and revision, he said.
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