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Pandits' return to valley to begin in October

Srinagar: Notwithstanding militant threats, the Jammu and Kashmir Government is going ahead with plans to rehabilitate displaced Kashmiri Pandits in their homeland. The first batch of migrants is all set to return here within two months.

``First batch of 350 families of Pandits living in different camps at Jammu and Udhampur is returning to Kashmir in October,'' Revenue and Rehabilitation Minister Hakim Mohammad Yaseen said.

Originally scheduled in June, the delay was due to bad weather.

``Rains hampered the construction work for sometime but now the work is on in full swing and we are confident that it will be completed within two months,'' Mr. Yaseen said.

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