India, Feb. 19 -- The Jammu and Kashmir government on Tuesday said that a major portion of 436 kanals of land identified for industrial development in Samba district is yet to be handed over to the Industries department, while 150 kanals of this land is under encroachment.
In a written reply to a question on development at Industrial Estate Balole in Bari Brahmana tehsil, Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Kumar Choudhary said that during 2016, land measuring 522 kanals was taken up for development by the Jammu and Kashmir State Industrial Development Corporation Ltd (SIDCO). On August 3, 2017, the SIDCO board of directors issued directions to the Corporation in this regard.
He said, accordingly, land was allotted even before its formal trans...