FACT CHECK: 48000 kanal of Govt. land earmarked for new industrial development in J&K not 4.8 lac kanal

31 Oct 2020

Jammu and Kashmir Government has transferred  24,000 kanals (3000 acre) of land to the Industries and Commerce Department for investment purposes.

Earlier a report from daily newspaper Daily Excelsior inadvertently stated that 2.4 lakh kanals of land had been transferred and published in today’s edition of newspaper. According to an official spokesman, while the government has fixed target of 48,000 kanals of land for inviting investments in Jammu and Kashmir, only 24,000 kanals had been transferred so far to the Industries Department.