| Residents, traders stage protest demonstration | | | Early Times Report
Sonamarg, Jan 22 : Residents, traders and land owners here staged a protest against fencing of their lands by the Indian Army.
Hundreds of local villagers, bussiness men and other land owners staged sit in protest outside Army camp in Sonamarg a famous tourist resort here in central kashmirs Ganderbal District.
The protestors said that Army encroached upon their more than 100 kanals of land at Sonamarg.
"As people migrate to other villages due to severe cold, and harsh winter here in Sonamarg the Indian Army occupies the land and claims that they have taken it on lease from years a protester Ishfaq Ahmad kapra a land owner told.
"We are afraid that in coming years, the Army might occupy our properties like houses and restaurants as the forces are expanding land occupation every year "another protestor Aadil Ahmad said.
Showing court papers and other land documents owner of Maqbool camping agency Mohd Maqbool Kapra said "my sign boards of the Agency were damaged and Army is tryIng to vacate us from our own land and they want to make bunkers here".
Tehsildar Gund, Dr Shoaib Wani and a police team of police station Sonamarg were also present there when the protest was going on. Revenue sources confirmed about the enchroachment and said some Khasra numbers 484. 485, 481, 341, 317, 318, 321, 322, 324, 349, 477, 475, and confirmed over 100 kanals of land.
When contaced SDM Kangan, Ghulam Ahmad Mir he told that he visited the place with revenue team and told the Army officers to remove the fencing around the land.
"Law will take its own course and nobody will be allowed to violate the norms," he said. |
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