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MIRPUR (Azad Kashmir): An attractive and broad based package of compensation for the rehabilitation of families to be affected by the Mangla Dam Raising project has been taken in hand by authorities for instant implementation in a swift phased way.

Perspective

Ground breaking ceremony of this gigantic project was performed by President General Pervez Musharraf in September last. And a formal agreement on the project has recently been signed between the Federal government and the government of Azad Jammu Kashmir. Initial survey of the project has been started.

Credible links told 'Pakistan Times' here Saturday that the salient features of the attractive package of incentives for the rehabilitation of the existing and upcoming affectees hallmark a new fully-developed city exclusively to house the affectees will edifice with a locale of soil with vast terrain.

New City

The new city is proposed to be carved out on the site located behind the existing housing Sector F-1 or at the Jari Kass-Tariq Abad Road.

These two sites for surfacing the new city have already been proposed by WAPDA and the AJK government, sources said by adding that 'four small towns at Siakh, Dadayal, Chakswari and Islamgarh have simultaneously been planned to facilities the basic requires of the affectees as the foremost.'

Plots

Residential plots of five marlas in the ensuing new city and towns will be allotted free of cost to the each family, be affected in the wake of the gignatic projectic of enarmous significance.

Magnitude of Compensation

Elucidating the magnitude of the compensation, with diverse angles, the sources said that the fabulous package for the germane families also provides for payment of financial compensation of their residential lands on the basis of the existing market rates with the policy of replacement cost on the prevailing rates.

Besides, Rs three lakh (0.3 Million) are also proposed to be paid to each family as the monetary back-up.

The Vicinities

In Mirpur sub division, the population of the towns, situated on the periphery of the Mangla dam reservoir including Palaak, Paniayam, Arnu, Chakswari, Boha, Dhangri, Sangoat, Khaarik, Chak Harayam and Islamgarh and in Dadayal Sub Division the towns and villages of Unnah, Raie pur, Potha Sheir, and Siakh located along the periphery of the Mangla lake would be affected as a result of the implementation of the project.