Members of the Legislative Assembly on Saturday raised questions over the “allotment of land to a Sri Lankan cricketer in Jammu and Kashmir.
During the Question Hour, CPI (M) MLA Muhammad Yousuf Tarigami said that a Sri Lankan cricketer has been allotted land in Kathua.
“How has this allotment been made?” he asked. Tarigami, however, didn’t disclose the name of the cricketer to whom the land has been allotted.
Congress MLA Ghulam Ahmad Mir also asked the government how a non-Indian cricketer has been allotted land in J&K.
“This is a serious question and needs to be looked into,” he said.
Responding to the concerns of MLAs, the minister for the Agriculture Production Department, Javaid Ahmad Dar, said that the matter needs to be looked into. “This matter pertains to the Revenue department,” he said.
The land was allotted to Sri Lankan cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan's Ceylon Beverages in Kathua, Jammu & Kashmir, to set up a Rs 1,600 crore aluminium can manufacturing and beverage filling unit in 2024.
Meanwhile, Jammu and Kashmir, after 2019, attracted major infrastructure investments, with the Dubai-based EMAAR group also set to develop a chain of shopping centres across UT.
The EMAAR group was invited by the Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha-led administration after the abrogation of Article 370 to promote business and create job opportunities in Jammu and Kashmir.
The agreement with the group also included the development of a megamall with approximately 500 shops in the summer capital, Srinagar.
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