x

Like our Facebook Page

   
Early Times Newspaper Jammu, Leading Newspaper Jammu
 
Breaking News :   Previous records set to tumble | The Incomplete Return: Revisiting the Home We Never Lived In | Healing Wounds - Reviving Tourism in Kashmir | Turning Pages in a Scrolling World: The Quiet Return of Reading | Decades-old Kashmiri Pandit killing cases may reopen following LG’s initiative | Doda’s deadly roads: Fatal accidents persist | BJP misleading people of J&K and country on Omar Govt’s performance: Surinder Choudhary | HC reject pre-arrest bail in PMLA of Master-Mind in fake Cryptocurrency case | Robbery case solved Jammu police | Trials for upcoming national Netball championships | BIS JKBO Organizes "Manak Conclave" for Industries and Stakeholders Engagement in Kathua | Health & Education pillars of J&K's progress and prosperity: CM Omar Abdullah | CISF Wins 64 Medals at World Police and Fire Games 2025 in the USA | HC reject bail plea of Narco Terrorism | Another batch of pilgrims leaves Jammu for Amarnath Shrine | BJP Jammu & Kashmir holds joint organizational meeting | Swachhta Internship Program launched to foster cleanliness culture in schools | Reasi police nabs drug peddler; 509.930 grams of cannabis recovered | JKNC delegation meets Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary | Nominations for Padma Awards-2026 open till 31st July, 2025 | UIDAI urges parents and guardians to update children's Aadhaar biometrics; free between ages 5 and 7 | Gold declines Rs 200 to Rs 99,370/ 10 G; Silver plunges Rs 3,000 to Rs 1.12 lakh/kg | Ladakh Administration reopens property return portal for final time till July 30 | Tony leads delegation of Trikuta Nagar to JMC Commissioner, submits memorandum | CM Pushkar Singh Dhami meets Union Health Minister JP Nadda in Delhi | CM Yogi's Gram-Urja model to transform rural Uttar Pradesh into self-reliant, energy-rich villages | NFR's Seamless Electric Traction upto Dibrugarh & Naharlagun makes ease in Railway Transportation system for NE | DLSA Udhampur convenes UTRC meeting | Skilled youth are the backbone of self-reliant India: CM Yogi | Army organises Quiz Competition on Agra Summit | Children, Adolescent groups formed at Rajouri | Secretary, Department of Food & Public Distribution chairs review meeting with UT Ladakh Administration | SMVDNSH Katra achieves milestone with first neuro-navigation guided brain tumor surgery | Udhampur police busts Inter-State Gold fraud; accused arrested within 24 bours | Jammu Police seizes two tippers for Illegal Mining | J&K cadets script history on Mt Everest” | Kidnapped girl traced, accused arrested by Doda Police | UTDRF Doda unit organizes disaster awareness session | DC Srinagar reviews progress of construction of Panchayat Ghars | APS Damana hosts prestigious, spirited Inter-APSs cluster-I hindi debate competition | Udhampur Police book another Notorious bovine smuggler | J&K clinches Gold at National ODOP Awards 2024 for second consecutive year | Inter District Division Level Youth organizes Exchange Programme | Chairman DLSA emphasizes vital role of UTRC meetings in strengthening criminal justice system | Gill didn't look as technically tight or calm as usual: Vaughan | Happy to silence the the keyboard warriors: Jofra Archer | BLSKS observes “World Youth Skills Day 2025” | Back Issues  
 
news details
Police, Revenue officials assisting mitti mafia
Karewas being bulldozed in Budgam, Pulwama
10/14/2018 10:32:25 PM
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Oct 14: Illegal excavation of soil from Karewa land is going on unabated as "Mitti Mafia ", Police and Revenue department officials are now working in a very close coordination across Kashmir valley especially in twin districts of Budgam and Pulwama.
Sources have told Early Times that lot of wetlands are also being filled up by the mafia who are controlled by top land brokers of Kashmir valley.
The mitti mafia in Budgam had come under pressure of District Administration Budgam after several news reports filed by Early Times , but they are back to business in connivance with police and revenue officials.
In at least one dozen villages of Budgam illegal solid excavation is taking place. The JCBs have been pressed into service and they are bulldozing Karewas at several locations in Budgam . Sources have told Early Times that land mafia is now filling a water body (wetland) near National Highway 44 at Pampore Galnader area and police / revenue department officials are providing all the logistical support to this mafia.
A delegation of people from Budgam , Kaiserullah Chadoora , Parigam , Pamore , Choon , Watrihail , Jawalapora , Shoolipora etc and its adjoining areas are up in the arms against authorities as they are not taking action against the Mitti Mafia active in Budgam and Pulwama from last several years.
The Karewas of Pulwama and Budgam district are under continuous threat of extinction as the soil excavation work on these is continuing since last more than a decade now. An estimated 30 to 40% of the Karewas in Budgam , Khansahib and Chadoora and Pampore / Pulwama areas alone have been raised to ground after continuous plunder by huge bull dozers , JCB's and other heavy duty earth excavators.
Soil excavation work on Budgam Karewa's began around 1995 after the work on Qazi Gund -Baramulla rail project began. Hundreds of trucks , tippers were pressed into work by the various construction firms who undertook various works for Railways which was executed by IRCON a mega construction firm. The soil was used for making elevated railway track and 90% of the soil which was used for such works was excavated from Karewas of Budgam , Pulwama and Baramulla districts.
These Karewas are famous for almond orchards. The saffron cultivation done on thousands of hectares of the Karewa land especially in Kaisermulla , Sarai Khampora , Kuzweira, Kultreh and a number of other villages has decreased a lot in these villages of Budgam .
  Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network  
  Comment on this Story  
 
 
 
Early Times Android App
STOCK UPDATE
  
BSE Sensex
NSE Nifty
 
CRICKET UPDATE
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
Home About Us Top Stories Local News National News Sports News Opinion Editorial ET Cetra Advertise with Us ET E-paper
 
 
J&K RELATED WEBSITES
J&K Govt. Official website
Jammu Kashmir Tourism
JKTDC
Mata Vaishnodevi Shrine Board
Shri Amarnath Ji Shrine Board
Shri Shiv Khori Shrine Board
UTILITY
Train Enquiry
IRCTC
Matavaishnodevi
BSNL
Jammu Kashmir Bank
State Bank of India
PUBLIC INTEREST
Passport Department
Income Tax Department
JK CAMPA
JK GAD
IT Education
Web Site Design Services
EDUCATION
Jammu University
Jammu University Results
JKBOSE
Kashmir University
IGNOU Jammu Center
SMVDU