Kashmir nomads file ‘atrocity’ complaint after demolition of their houses

SRINAGAR: Nomadic Gujjars and Backerwals, whose houses person been demolished by the administration, person filed a ailment with the police, alleging that “demolition of their tribal habitations” are successful usurpation of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, and Forest Rights Act, 2006.They person sought enactment against the officials who razed astir 30 habitations successful Raika Bandi and Mahamaya wood loop successful Jammu connected Tuesday.According to the Shama Akhtar, councillor of the area, the demolished structures were protected nether the instrumentality and nary anterior notice, eviction order, rehabilitation program oregon accidental of proceeding was provided to them earlier the demolition drive. “We person submitted the ailment with constabulary and the lawman commissioner.

We expect speedy action,” Akhtar said.On Wednesday, the Omar Abdullah govt constituted a two-member committee to analyse the demolitions. According to an bid issued by the tribal affairs department, the sheet has been to taxable its study wrong 7 days.The demolition, which led to wide disapproval and protests, has erstwhile again enactment the National Conference govt successful the authorities astatine loggerheads with the LG administration.

J&K's wood and tribal affairs curate Javed Ahmad Rana, who visited the country aft the drive, said helium was “deeply shocked and outraged by the clandestine unilateral demolition of homes”.Mian Altaf Ahmad, NC MP from Rajouri Poonch and South Kashmir regions, said, “this high-handedness by the medication and wood section is unacceptable.”PDP person Iltija Mufti, who visited the area, said “bulldozer exemplary is being implemented successful J&K now.”

“What’s profoundly worrying and appalling is that dissimilar UP & West Bengal, the authorities normalising and facilitating these patently amerciable demolition drives is simply a non-BJP NC government,” she alleged.On May 13, hundreds of protesters led by BJP MLA Vikram Randhawa had taken retired a rally connected Sidhra roadworthy and aboriginal staged a sit-in demanding contiguous removal of amerciable occupants. The protesters raised slogans against “outsider land-grabbers" and warned of a large agitation if contiguous enactment was not taken to halt encroachment of govt land.