In Jammu and Kashmir, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha today said that security agencies have launched final assault on militancy and its eco-system to ensure everlasting peace in the Union Territory. AIR Correspondent reports that the LG while addressing the Republic Day gathering at Moulana Azad Stadium Jammu, said that the morale of security forces is high in J&K and all efforts to destabilize the peace are being given a befitting reply. <br />''<br />''The LG said that the administration and the Centre have taken a series of steps for the welfare of security agencies operating in J&K. He said that the administration received 8,400 applications from Kashmiri Pandits, whose land and property were grabbed forcibly in 1990 and the administration is working to ensure such properties are retrieved and handed over to Kashmiri Pandits. <br />''<br />''The LG further said the J & K situation was returning to normalcy. He said that the year 2022 saw 55 percent decrease in civilian killings and there is a significant dip in the killing of security forces personnel as well. The LG also said a series of developmental initiatives are going on in J&K to push the UT to new heights of achievements. <br />''<br />''He added, Srinagar and Jammu will soon have metros, and the tubes on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway are also being set up on war footing. The LG further said that for the first time, J&K will have a Women Industrial Estate while promotions of almost 2 thousand officers that didn't take place since 2001 are being cleared. <br />