Overview
- The administration inaugurated 1,416 flats Sunday across Zewan, Kakan Maran and Kulangam Bagh, advancing a 6,000-unit transit housing programme accelerated in 2020.
- Zewan is the largest new complex with 936 flats in 39 blocks and has been fully allotted to PM Package beneficiaries.
- Additional Chief Secretary Anil Kumar Singh pledged completion of the remaining flats by December 2026 while the Lieutenant Governor ordered departments to ensure water, electricity, security, waste management and a grievance system are ready.
- The housing is part of the Prime Minister’s Special Employment and Rehabilitation Package launched in 2010 that pairs government jobs with transit accommodation to encourage return of displaced Kashmiri Pandits.
- If utilities, safety and allotment processes hold up, the completed blocks could make it easier for families to return and reduce service and career uncertainty for beneficiaries, but officials and residents will be watching actual delivery of services and final allotments closely.