Srinagar- The Jammu and Kashmir Government has delineated over 21,000 kanal of land in the Jammu Division under the provisions of the J&K Water Resources (Regulation and Management) Act, 2010, while no such delineation has been carried out in the Kashmir Division so far, the Revenue Department has said.

In a written reply to a question by MLA Rajiv Jasrotia, the department said that the delineation and demarcation process is being conducted to avoid disputes in water sources and courses following the issuance of SRO-456 dated October 25, 2017.

The government said that the Administrative Council vide Decision No. 17/1/2022 dated January 29, 2022, had ordered the constitution of three-tier committees to oversee delineation or demarcation of lands not forming part of any water source but re

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