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SoS Call to J&K LG; Refugee family being stripped of cultivated land with crop for constructing G&B Hostel

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Zorawar Singh

Sunderbani:  Despite protests and several requests by the Bareri villagers not to evict the refugee family of Santokh Singh from their land, the Tehsildar Nowshera seems adamant to destroy the standing crops of Santokh Singh to building a proposed Gujjar Bakarwal Hostel.

Addressing the media, members of Dashmesh Youth Sabha that have come to resist the Administration’s decision said that two days ago Bareri villagers along with some social organizations held a protest after which the district administration stopped the construction work of Gujjar-Bakerwal hostel on the said land of Santokh Singh. Still, today Tehsildar called the family directing them to evict the land the poor refugee family has been possessing and cultivating since 1947.

Members of Dashmesh Youth Sabha  Mohinder Singh, Avtar Singh Khalsa, Rajesh Sharma, and Harish Gupta said, the action of the Tehsildar is contrary to the Lieutenant Governor’s recent announcements that the administration will not evict poor people holding small state land but on the ground, the spirit of LG’s directions are not implemented and administration has been indulging into a pick and choose a policy on the local officer’s whims.

They further said, “Tehsildar called the family members of Santokh Singh in his office and pressurized them for eviction and also threatened them not to interfere in the construction work of Gujjar Bakkerbal hostel otherwise the Administration would demolish their house”. They said that there are hundreds of Kanals state and custodian lands which have been encroached upon by influential people but why is the Tehsildar, who is a local officer, not taking any action against them and he is hell-bent only on the poor family’s land? Santokh Singh is suffering from paralysis and is even not able to walk and defend his possession.

They urged the administration not to harass poor refugee families and instead the administration could build the proposed hostel on the 300 kanals of land lying idle behind the Degree College. Pertinent to mention that the family of Santokh Singh came from Pallandheri in Pak-occupied J&K in 1947 and since then this family is living here and is totally dependent on the cultivation of this 10 Kanal peace of agricultural land under khasra number 132 for their livelihood. Santokh’s elders being illiterate and due to lack of information, could not register for ‘Alaf’ form and were thus deprived of eligible compensation to refugees.

DYS members urged the Lieutenant Governor, JKUT to intervene and save this refugee family. When this scribe tried to contact the Tehsildar, Nowshera over the mobile phone, he refused to make any comment on this issue and disconnected the call.

 

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