At a function held at the Convention Centre here, the LG also provided appointment letters to 29 families of government employees who died in harness, under the Jammu & Kashmir Rehabilitation Assistance Scheme-2022 and SRO 43.

 

Issuing a stern warning to the "terror ecosystem and conflict entrepreneurs," Mr Sinha declared that their "era of terror is over" and that there is no longer any safe haven for them in the Union Territory.

 

"The people of Jammu Kashmir know fully well who shielded such terror elements, but that shield is now crumbling. I warn them that there is no longer any safe haven in Jammu Kashmir for terrorists or the networks that support them," the Lieutenant Governor said.

 

In an emotional address, Mr Sinha pledged to work with "full commitment" to secure a dignified life for the families of terror victims. "I will not rest until justice reaches every family," he asserted.

 

Observing that justice for these families goes beyond punitive measures, he said, "Justice also lies in which stories society chooses to remember. Justice also means wiping the tears of grieving families, acknowledging their pain, and healing the wounds inflicted on their souls.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp ChannelJustice also means that the stories of terror-victim families, once forgotten, are now being rewritten with renewed memory and honour."

 

The LG maintained that the region stands at a "decisive turning point," with the youth and victim families aspiring for a better future, and called it a shared responsibility to create those opportunities.

 

Taking a strong stand against those who supported militancy, Mr Sinha warned that elements who were part of the terror ecosystem and had infiltrated the government machinery in the past will be "systematically removed from government jobs and punished as per the law."

 

"Those directly linked to terrorism are being dismissed from service, while decades-long neglected terror-victim families are being given government jobs to secure their economic and social dignity. I see this not merely as a policy correction, but as a new moral declaration for a new Jammu Kashmir," he said.

 

Reflecting on the past, the Lieutenant Governor described the neglect of terror victims as not just an "administrative lapse" but a "civilisational failure" of that time, adding that the elders of society must ask tough questions about how the system had evolved where victims became a burden and those linked to terror became beneficiaries.

 

Principal Secretary to the Lieutenant Governor, Dr Mandeep K Bhandari, and other senior officials were present on the occasion. (KNS)