The land was was not given but was being bought by the Shri Amarnath board and a payment of 2.5 crore had already been made. Thats where the problem lies becoz ownership of the land is the issue not the utilization of land. Already hundreds of acres of land is been utilized for the yatra without any fuss but the Govt. fudged by selling the ownership of the land to the board which is a sensitive issue in Kashmir and would bought Congress votes in Jammu. Finally they ended up losing both Jammu and Kashmir.