{"id":12630,"date":"2026-02-19T16:46:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T16:46:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/?p=12630"},"modified":"2026-02-19T16:46:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T16:46:14","slug":"dc-budgam-reviews-progress-on-demarcation-of-hokarsar-wetland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/2026\/02\/19\/dc-budgam-reviews-progress-on-demarcation-of-hokarsar-wetland\/","title":{"rendered":"DC Budgam reviews progress on Demarcation of Hokarsar Wetland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><em>Ensure demarcation exercise is completed in transparent, time-bound manner<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BUDGAM, FEBRUARY 19: Deputy Commissioner Budgam, Dr. Bilal Mohi-Ud-Din Bhat, Thursday chaired a meeting to review the progress of demarcation of the Hokarsar Wetland, a designated Ramsar Site, being carried out by Revenue and allied departments.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The meeting was attended by the ACR Budgam, Afroza Bano; SDM (West) Srinagar, Irfan Bahadur; SDPO Magam, DFO Photo Interpretation Division J&amp;K, DFO Settlement &amp; Demarcation Srinagar, Range Officer Hokarsar, Naib Tehsildar Regional Director Survey &amp; Land Records Srinagar, and Settlement Assistant, Regional Director S&amp;LR Srinagar.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During the meeting, the DC, as per an official statement, reviewed in detail the current status of field verification, boundary assessment, geo-referenced mapping, and availability of relevant records with each department. He stressed the importance of accurate, scientific, and dispute-free demarcation to ensure long-term conservation and legal protection of the wetland.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The DC emphasised strict adherence to the on directions, calling for enhanced coordination between Revenue, Forest, Police, and Survey &amp; Land Records teams. He directed officers to remove any bottlenecks in the ongoing process and maintain close inter-departmental communication for seamless progress.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The DC further instructed the concerned agencies to submit updated status reports, expedite pending tasks, and ensure that the demarcation exercise is completed in a transparent, time-bound, and technically sound manner. He reiterated that Hokarsar Wetland, being a Ramsar Site of international ecological importance, must be protected through robust management and clear boundary identification to prevent encroachment and ensure its ecological sustainability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ensure demarcation exercise is completed in transparent, time-bound manner BUDGAM, FEBRUARY 19: Deputy Commissioner Budgam, Dr. Bilal Mohi-Ud-Din Bhat, Thursday chaired a meeting to review the progress of demarcation of the Hokarsar Wetland, a designated Ramsar Site, being carried out by Revenue and allied departments. The meeting was attended by the ACR Budgam, Afroza Bano; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12630"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12630\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12631,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12630\/revisions\/12631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}