{"id":4855,"date":"2025-11-24T16:38:42","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T16:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/?p=4855"},"modified":"2025-11-24T16:38:42","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T16:38:42","slug":"hokarsar-wetland-dc-budgam-reviews-progress-on-demarcation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/2025\/11\/24\/hokarsar-wetland-dc-budgam-reviews-progress-on-demarcation\/","title":{"rendered":"Hokarsar Wetland : DC Budgam reviews progress on demarcation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>BUDGAM, NOVEMBER 24:\u00a0<\/strong>Deputy Commissioner Budgam, Dr. Bilal Mohi-Ud-Din Bhat Monday 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 the Settlement Assistant, Regional Director S&amp;LR Srinagar.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During the meeting, the DC reviewed in detail the current status of field verification, boundary assessment, geo-referenced mapping, and availability of relevant records with each department.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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 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 and technically sound manner.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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>BUDGAM, NOVEMBER 24:\u00a0Deputy Commissioner Budgam, Dr. Bilal Mohi-Ud-Din Bhat Monday 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; SDM (West) Srinagar, Irfan Bahadur; SDPO Magam, DFO Photo Interpretation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4856,"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-4855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4855","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=4855"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4855\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4857,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4855\/revisions\/4857"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}