Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved a Jammu and Kashmir government's proposal for vacating nearly 458 Kanal of land in army's possession for expansion of Kashmir University campus in Anantnag.

Highly-placed sources said the Prime Minister, after his return from the five-nation tour, had called a meeting on Kashmir during which he asked the Defence Ministry to hand over the 'High ground' in Anantnag to the state at the earliest so that the expansion plan of south campus of Kashmir University can be carried out.

During the meeting, the Prime Minister said the Centre was committed to all-round improvement of education in the state, official sources said. The army had in-principle been agreeable to vacating the land for quite sometime but a decision by its headquarters got delayed.

The latest deadline for vacating the land was March 31 which was agreed upon during a meeting chaired by state Governor N N Vohra.