Amarnath talks postponed again, likely tomorrow

Jammu, Aug 29 (UNI) The fourth round of dialogue between the Shri Amarnath Yatra Sangharsh Samiti (SAYSS) and four-member government panel scheduled for today, has been postponed once again for a day due to ill health of former chief secretary and the head of the panel S S Baeloria and is likely to be held tomorrow, official sources here said.

''The talks has officially been postponed due to the indisposition of Mr S S Baeloria, head of the government panel, who got injured eps at Raj Bhawan in Srinagar on Thursday,'' one of the Samiti members told UNI.

However, the talks were earlier scheduled to be held yesterday at Jammu but due to an injury to Mr Baeloria, it was postponed.

Meanwhile, the Samiti - a conglomerate of 45 religious, social and political organisations, spearheading the agitation for the restoration of land to the Shrine Board (SASB) also appointed a four-member committee to hold dialogue with the government to solve the Amarnath land row.

The four-member government panel appointed by Jammu and Kashmir Governor N N Vohra comprises of former state chief secretary S S Bloeria, Vice-Chancellor of Jammu University Prof Amitabh Mattoo, retired Judge of Jammu and Kashmir High Court Justice G D Sharma, and Chief Executive Officer of Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) B B Vyas while the Samiti panel included Mr Tilak Raj Sharma, Brigadier Suchet Singh, Mr Narinder Singh and Mr Pawan Kohli.

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