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| Land Mafia eats dust in Chadoora | | Illegal road , land washed away in recent floods | | | Budgam, Oct 13 : Land Mafia which had encroached upon Doodh Ganga nallah in central Kashmir's Chadoora town have been literally turned into paupers within no time as the illegal road as well as their 20 kanals of prime land has been washed away in the recent floods which created havoc across the valley. The land mafia which has been active in Chadoora tehsil of central Kashmir's Budgam district from the last many years had encroached upon the Doodh Ganga canal by undertaking construction of a full fledged road through the canal itself. The mafia had plans to sell the land available along the banks of the canal at higher rates but all the dreams of this land mafia have been washed away in the waters of Doodh Ganga nallah. According to locals, some land brokers , property dealers and a strong land mafia of the area had purchased huge chunk of land along the banks of Doodh Ganga canal from Dawlat Pora to Hanji Gund area for peanuts (Rs 3lakh to Rs 4 lakhs per kanal) as the said land had no road connectivity etc The group of land brokers and mafia were planning to sell the same land on much higher rate (Rs 25 lakh to Rs 30 Lakhs per kanal) but everything was washed away in the floods. For all this manipulations , local revenue , police and flood control officials had taken heavy kickbacks from the mafia allege the locals . Pertinent to mention that the mafia has already converted more than two hundred kanals of agriculture (Aabi Awal) and State land (Khah Charai) into commercial complexes in Chadoora town itself from the last five to six years which has created a mess in the town with the result there are frequent traffic jams. . In addition, the Doodh Ganga canal has been encroached at several places in Chadoora town as many residential and commercial complexes have been erected on its banks. The officials of Revenue Department, local Municipal Committee and department of flood control are the mute spectators as they are directly or indirectly hand in glove with these land grabbers allege the locals. The Executive Engineer Flood Control of the concerned division G M Ganai had earlier said that he will ensure that notice is issued to the land grabbers under State Water Conservation Act and within days the department will file a challan against them before the competent court, but this was never done and ultimately nature's wrath destroyed everytjing . Meanwhile the aggrieve residents of Chadoora have appealed Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Chief Engineer Irrigation & Flood Control and DC Budgam to intervene and ensure that land mafia should not again try to make retaining walls across the Doodh Ganga canal to fulfil their nefarious designs. |
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