Jammu, April 5 -- The Jammu and Kashmir government on Saturday informed the House that it has formulated a comprehensive rehabilitation and resettlement plan for the Sawalkote hydroelectric project, taking into account the extent of impact on the local communities.

Minister for Jal Shakti, Javed Ahmed Rana, while replying to a question raised by MLA Pawan Kumar Gupta said that the rehabilitation plan included compensation measures for the landowners and a range of rehabilitation and resettlement entitlements in accordance with the standard practices for all affected districts.

"Therefore it won't be prudent to say that Udhampur district is out of commensurate development benefits," he said.

Rana informed the House that the project comp...