Jammu and Kashmir government said on Sunday as many as 4,624 migrant Kashmiri Pandit families have applied for return to the valley.

"The situation is improving in the valley and about 4,624 migrant families have applied for return to the Kashmir valley," the minister for revenue, relief and rehabilitation, Raman Bhalla told a nine-member students delegation from Chicago University here.

Bhalla informed the delegation that for facilitating the return of willing migrants, a comprehensive package of Rs 1,618.40 crore was announced by prime minister Manmohan Singh in 2008.

For improving the living standard of Kashmiri migrants, he said a mini township of 4,218 flats spread over on an area of 100 acres at Jagti costing Rs 385 crore, is under implementation with facilities like hospital, school, recreational parks and round-the-clock water and power supply.

He said during the visit of prime minister at Jammu earlier this month, the first phase of township having 2,112 flats was handed over to displaced families and the other flats would be allotted to the families after completion of allied works.