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| 300 identified encroachments to be removed in Srinagar: Shahid Choudhary | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Feb 2: With an aim to clean Srinagar city from encroachments, the Deputy Commissioner, Srinagar, Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary on Sunday said that the administration has begun retrieval of encroached parts of famed Khushalsar Lake, besides demolishing 25 encroachments and retrieving 30 kanals of lake area.
“This anti-encroachment drive will continue until over 300 identified encroachments are removed in Srinagar,” Dr Choudhary said. “We want a massive public support on this and people should come forward and report about the encroachments, cases of land grab across the City,” he said, adding “We have completed all the requisites formalities and has started removing encroachments and retrieving encroached parts of Khushalsar Lake,” he said.
The anti-encroachment drive begun on Saturday when the administration swung into action removing 25 encroachments including structures and compounds and retrieving over 30 kanals of lake area.
The DC has urged the general public to report to concerned authorities all cases of land-grabbing and illegal constructions on Government or common land and water bodies in the district and help the district administration in its renewed efforts to safeguard these public assets of great importance.
According to officials, this significant step that has been long overdue follows extensive preparations over the last few months during which relevant formalities - including inspections and verifications and issuance of notices to encroachers - were completed.
Notably the identified encroachments in Khushalsar lake area include around 80 illegally built residential houses—where people live — aadami-wise details of which were compiled last year by the Revenue department of the district. The other 220-odd encroachments are in the forms of fenced landholdings and plinths and sheds. These also include under-construction structures.
The lake once stretched from Zoonimar up to the Aali Masjid but now it is considerably reduced. It is connected to the Anchar lake via a small channel. Another smaller lake, known as Gilsar, is connected to the Khushal Sar through a narrow strait, which is spanned by a bridge known as Gil Kadal. The Gilsar lake is in turn connected to the Nigeen lake via the Nallah Amir Khan. According to conservationists, until the 1970s, the Mar Canal drained into this lake providing navigability up to Ganderbal though the Anchar Lake. They say, after the filling up of the Mar canal, the condition of the lake deteriorated further.
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