The Jammu and Kashmir government, after
deliberations in the Cabinet (PDP was also a part of it), decided to
transfer 40 hectares of forest land along the pilgrimage path to the
Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB) to construct tenements, toilets and
other conveniences for the benefit of the yatris.

The Shrine
Board would be paying Rs.2.5 crore to the government as a gesture of
its appreciation. The land belongs to the `secular' government and the
government has all the right to give it to the Shrine Board as a
welfare measure. But, this is objected by the Muslim leaders Mufti
Mohammed Sayeed of PDP, Farook Abdullah of NC and the leaders of the
Hurriyat conference, which instigated the Muslim majority of Kashmir to
resort to violence and arson attacking government buildings and other
business establishments and even the buses carrying the Amarnath
pilgrims injuring many of them.