New Delhi, July 17

More than 56,000 acres in J&K is with the defence and the total rent paid for it to land owners or the state government in the last three years is more than Rs 134 crore, the Lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday.

Minister of State for Defence Shripad Naik, in his written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, gave details of the district-wise total land in J&K with different defence departments, wings and organisations.

He said the different defence departments, wings and organisations had 18,935.474 acres in Jammu, 3,757.845 acres in Srinagar, 2,326.644 acres in Budgam, 2,152.83 acres in Anantnag, 3,963.03 acres in Udhampur and 3,529.871 acres in Kargil.

Naik also gave the details of the land with the defence departments, wings and organisations in other districts of the state with the total of such land being 56,615.54 acres.

The minister also gave the details of the district-wise rent paid in the last three years to land owners or the state governmentfor defence land.

According to the data provided by him, more than Rs 134 crore was paid as rent in the last three years. Meanwhile, more than Rs 24 is the outstanding rent that is to be paid for the defence land in the state, Naik added. — PTI