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45 shops sealed, 2 demolished during anti-encroachment drive in J&K’s Ramban

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Banihal: At least 45 shops were sealed and two others demolished during the ongoing anti-encroachment drive in Banihal township of Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district on Sunday, officials said.
Two political activists were taken into preventive custody before the start of the drive to retrieve state land along the sub-district hospital road amid tight security arrangements, they said.
A team of revenue officials led by Tehsildar, Banihal, Imtiyaz Ahmad had on Saturday served notices to the owners of the shops, mostly pharmacies and clinical laboratories, triggering a protest.
The shopkeepers and local residents staged a sit-in at the tourist hostel, however, a police team swooped on the protesters around midnight and two sarpanches — Mohd Ilyas Wani of Democratic Azad Party (DAP) and Qaiser Hamid Sheikh of Congress — were taken into preventive custody, officials said.
Additional security personnel were deployed across the town on Sunday morning and the notified shops were sealed while two were demolished.
The shops that were sealed, included 22 pharmacies, nine clinical laboratories and five optical shops, officials said.
“The shops have come up on the encroached state land over the years and were handed over to Municipal Committee Banihal after being sealed as per the law,” the Tehsildar said.
He said eight marlas of state land, under illegal occupation of a private school, were also freed during the drive which is successfully going on and so far 40 per cent encroachment has been removed.

President, Beopar Mandal of Banihal, Pervez Hamid Sheikh requested the district administration to take into account the plight of poor shopkeepers who have lost their livelihood.
“We are thankful to the administration for providing enough time to the shopkeepers to vacate their shops which were not razed,” Sheikh said.
More than 300 people have been rendered jobless by the closure of nearly 50 shops, he said.
“We appeal to the government to take into account the plight of poor shopkeepers and their dependents and give back possession of shops to their owners as soon as possible,” he said.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

February 12, 2023
DDA’s anti-encroachment drive continues in Mehrauli for 2nd day

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Delhi: For a second consecutive day, the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) on Saturday continued an anti-encroachment drive in the Mehrauli area amid protests by locals.
A large number of security personnel have been deployed on the spot with gears.
Residents of the area said that the DDA had demolished two three-storeyed buildings near the Aulia Masjid at Andheria Mor along with shanties.
On Friday, several three- and four-storeyed structures that had come up illegally on the agency’s land in the Aam Bagh, Brijwasi
colony area of Mehrauli were demolished.
The residents claimed that they were not given any prior notice by the agency.
A joint team of DDA officials on Friday had bulldozed an illegal structure in the Ghousiya slum colony and then demolished shanties near a local mosque.
The DDA also demolished one building and partially removed others in Brijwasi Colony and C-block.
These areas are located close to the Mehrauli Archaeological Park.

Some of the land here belongs to DDA, while few other stretches on which buildings and shanties have come up over the last decade are owned by the Archaeological Survey of India and the Waqf Board.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

February 11, 2023
Anti-Encroachment Drive Begins At Malik Market Jammu

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SRINAGAR: An anti-encroachment drive began at the Malik market in Jammu amid tight security arrangements on Saturday, officials said.
MG Hector Showroom in Jammu.
The authorities have engaged three JCBs to dismantle a car showroom at the market, said an official.
He said the drive is being conducted under strict security arrangements and traffic movement has also been diverted.
The area had witnessed protests by the locals with some of them pelting the police personnel with stones when the drive was started there last week.
Seven people were detained by the police following the clashes.
However, the situation was normal this time until the filing of this report. (KDC)

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( With inputs from : kashmirlife.net )

February 11, 2023
KPDCL Launches Afresh Massive Disconnection Drive Of Chronic Defaulters

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SRINAGAR: Taking cognizance of poor revenue realization despite providing a reliable power supply amid harsh winters, the Sub Divisions of KPDCL launched a fresh massive disconnection drive of chronic defaulters.
In the first place, connections of only 1329 consumers were disconnected to sensitize the masses to clear their liabilities on account of electricity bills and develop habits of paying electricity bills in time.
Presently, KPDCL is overburdened with huge arrears on account of domestic electricity dues of around 804 Cr and this sample base of 1329 defaulters had accumulated arrears to the tune of Rs 12.67Cr. The Disconnection drive has successfully realized substantial arrears as on date and is expected to be cleared soon.
Time and again, the general public is informed of the Amnesty Scheme launched by the Govt of JK (UT) for its domestic electricity consumers with large outstanding dues, wherein a consumer can pay his outstanding bill in maximum 12 easy monthly installments.
It is impressed upon all the consumers of KPDCL with huge electricity bill outstanding dues that this successful disconnection drive shall be continued with greater force.
Important to mention that KPDCL has come out with large infrastructure additions for providing better, more efficient and reliable power supply while keeping extremely low tariff rates to its consumers.
Although the Department has played an active role in motivating and facilitating revenue realization by way of social awareness of judicious electricity use and timely payment of electricity bills, still a large percentage of KPDCL consumers are hesitant in clearing their long outstanding electricity dues.
All consumers in general and defaulters, in particular, are advised to clear their electricity outstanding dues or avail Amnesty Scheme without further delay and help KPDCL to avoid the inconvenience to consumers by the act of disconnection of their power supply.

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( With inputs from : kashmirlife.net )

February 9, 2023
Mehbooba detained by Delhi cops for protesting against anti encroachment drive in J&K

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New Delhi: Delhi Police on Wednesday detained PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti during a protest in the national capital against the Jammu and Kashmir administration’s anti-encroachment drive in the union territory.
Several videos doing rounds on social media showed police lifting Mehbooba Mufti up from the protest site and carrying her into a police van nearby.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader on Wednesday had planned to march from Railway Bhawan to Parliament to protest against the Jammu and Kashmir administration’s “bulldozer policy”.
“Jammu and Kashmir is being turned into a place like Afghanistan,” she said before being detained by the police.
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February 8, 2023
Assam drive against child marriage: 2,528 held; DGP says filing charge sheets major challenge

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Guwahati: As the total number of arrests in the continued drive against child marriage in Assam reached 2,528 on Tuesday, the DGP said the biggest challenge for the force now is filing charge sheets within the stipulated timeframe.
The police during the day arrested 87 more people in the crackdown, which started on Friday.
“Crackdown continues. Total arrest so far 2528,” Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said in a tweet.
Protests against the arrests by women activists were reported during the day from Silchar in Cachar district. Four of them were arrested and released on personal bond, police said.
The Director General of Police (DGP) G P Singh said that the biggest challenge for the police is now to file charge sheets within a 60 to 90 days period.
Singh said that the police did not aim to harass anybody but its role was to stop child marriage completely in the state by the next two to three years.
“We have registered 4,074 cases and over 2,500 people have been arrested till this morning. All the accused in these cases have been identified and they will be arrested and charge sheets filed against them,” Singh told PTI.
On the 65 accused people already securing bail, the DGP said the focus is on ensuring that charge sheets are filed within the stipulated time frame.

“Bail is okay. To me, it is not important who stays in jail for how long. It is important that they have to be charge-sheeted and they face the music of law,” he asserted.
Chairperson of Assam State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (ASCPCR) Sunita Changkakoti told PTI that the crackdown was a much-awaited move and it will send a strong message to the society against this menace.
“We have been campaigning against child marriage for long and hold regular district review meetings in which we involve all stakeholders, including government departments like the health and education and NGOs. A concerted effort by all sections of society can help in ending the problem,” she said.
The Assam police had launched the crackdown on child marriage on Friday with over 2,000 arrested within the first two days.
Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had earlier asserted that the drive will continue till the 2026 Assembly election.
Justifying the crackdown, Sarma had pointed out that teenage pregnancy accounted for nearly 17 per cent of over 6.2 lakh pregnant women last year in the state.
The opposition parties have criticised the manner in which it is being carried out, terming the arrests of teenage husbands and family members as “abuse of law” for political gain and equating the police action with “terrorising people”.
The state cabinet had recently approved a proposal to book men who have married girls below 14 years of age under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO).
Cases under the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 will be registered against those who have married girls in the age group of 14-18 years, the cabinet had decided.
The offenders will be arrested and the marriages declared illegal.
Assam has a high rate of maternal and infant mortality, with child marriage being the primary cause as an average of 31 per cent of marriages registered in the state are in the prohibited age, according to reports of the National Family Health Survey.
Of the 4,004 cases of child marriage registered recently, the highest was reported in Dhubri (370), followed by Hojai (255), Udalguri (235), Morigaon (224) and Kokrajhar (204).
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

February 7, 2023
DDC Member, Seven Others Arrested During Land Eviction Drive

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SRINAGAR: District Development Council member among eight people has been arrested by Jammu and Kashmir Police in connection with the incident of stone pelting that took place on Saturday in Malik Market area of Jammu during an anti-encroachment drive.
As per the news reports, people pelted stones at the team carrying out a land eviction drive at Malik Market and also damaged vehicles, thereby creating a law and order problem.
A case under relevant sections of law was registered after the incident and an investigation was set into motion during which many stone pelters have been identified.
Eight people have been arrested including some identified stone pelters and a few other people on the charges of instigating the people.
According to reports, a DDC member from Doda, Mehraj Malik of Aam Aadmi Party has also been arrested.

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February 7, 2023
Anti-Encroachment Drive: PDP On Streets, Seeks Halt In Bulldozer Policy

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SRINAGAR: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) staged a symbolic protest march in Srinagar on Tuesday against the “bulldozer policy” initiated by Jammu and Kashmir administration.
The protesters included PDP second-rung leaders and activists who marched from the PDP office near Municipal Park towards traffic headquarters and raised slogans against BJP and LG administration.
They were carrying placards which read slogans like ‘Kashmir for Kashmiris’, ‘Stop ruling Jammu and Kashmir like a colony’, ‘Landless, jobless, homeless,’ ‘Stop bulldozing our homes.’
PDP leader Mohit Bhan alleged that the BJP government has been dispossessing the people of Jammu and Kashmir from their land and homes. He alleged that demolition exercise was being carried out through the arbitrary use of bulldozers to invent homelessness in Jammu and Kashmir.
In Delhi, they alleged the illegal housing settlements are being regularized while in Jammu and Kashmir, the land from natives is being snatched.
The protester alleged BJP government is using police to suppress them. They sought a quick halt to the bulldozer policy.
(Photograph used in this news report is merely representational.)

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February 7, 2023
Anti-encroachment drive: Omar says bulldozer should be last resort

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Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief ministers Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti on Monday launched a frontal attack on the Union Territory administration’s anti-encroachment drive, with the National Conference leader saying that people should be allowed to prove their claim while the PDP leader said use of bulldozers has made Kashmir worse than Afghanistan.
At a press conference on Monday, Abdullah said the government should allow people to prove their claim on the lands they occupy and make the use of bulldozers its last resort.
The National Conference vice-president asserted that his party was not against those who have grabbed state land, but some proper procedure should be followed.
“In Jammu and Kashmir, there is chaos everywhere. Bulldozers are being sent everywhere to demolish houses, complexes and buildings. But nobody knows what is the procedure.
“My sister approached the high court with regard to the proposed demolition of the Gupkar house of Omar and was told by the government that the lists making rounds in the media are forged.
“No government is supposed to bring trouble for the people. Bulldozers should be the last resort. The government must issue proper notice to those who have grabbed state land and give them at least six weeks time to prove their claim on land under them and show the documents.
“In our case, my sister produced the documents before the high court that states that the lease of Gupkar house is still active and has some years to expire. Likewise, people should be given time to present the documents and let the revenue team verify the same. If after proper verification, land under anybody is found in illegitimate possession, then a bulldozer can be used.
“The government should also make public a genuine list of people who have occupied state land. It seems that the ongoing drive is aimed at creating a wedge between communities. This drive lacks proper procedures.

“Officials accompanying bulldozers at Nedous, told my relatives that they had pressure from the top and had to do something to show their bosses,” he said.
Omar alleged in many areas the ongoing demolition-cum-eviction drive is becoming a hub of corruption.
“I got many calls from several areas with people saying that they are being told to pay Rs 1 or 1.5 lakh to get their names removed from the list,” he said.
He said that National Conference MPs will try to raise the issue in the Parliament if they are given time to speak.
Former chief minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president, Mehbooba Mufti told a separate media conference on Monday that the use of bulldozers has made Kashmir worse than Afghanistan.
She alleged that the anti-encroachment drive launched is being used as a weapon to suppress the people.
She said they are not against the government’s move to retrieve the land from land grabbers but the livelihood of people should not be affected.
Mehbooba also alleged that the drive is aimed at taking the shelters away from the people and the situation in Kashmir has turned worse than Afghanistan.
She also alleged that the government is trying to divert attention from the main issue of restoration of statehood, Article 370 and other things.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

February 6, 2023
Amid drive against child marriage in Assam, girl kills self as wedding plans go awry

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Hailakandi: A 17-year-old girl allegedly died by suicide in Assam’s Cachar district after her family prevented her from going ahead with wedding plans with her lover, police said on Monday.
The incident occurred amid the state government’s crackdown on child marriage, which also led to the cancellation of several weddings of underage girls in Assam’s Barak Valley comprising Hailakandi, Cachar and Karimganj districts.
At least 2,441 people have been arrested in the state till Monday in the continuing operation against child marriage, launched on February 3.
In Dhalai area of Cachar district, a 17-year-old girl hanged herself on Saturday after her family refused her permission to marry her lover now, a police officer said.
“She had prepared to elope with her lover, but the family came to know about it and prevented her. There have been about 19 arrests in child marriage cases in neighbouring villages,” a relative of the girl said.
The number of arrests till Sunday evening was 243 in Barak Valley 80 in Cachar, 82 in Hailakandi 82 and 81 in Karimganj.
A number of people have cancelled scheduled weddings since the drive started, according to owners of wedding halls owners.
One such wedding was called off in Srimantakanishail village in Karimganj as the bride will be completing 18 years in two months.

“When the bride’s family brought this point up, both the families decided to postpone the wedding till the girl attains the legal age for marriage,” the owner of a wedding hall said.
The MLA of Sonia constituency in Cachar district, Karim Uddin Barbhuiya, urged Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma to exempt those married for many years from police action.
In a statement, he said families are being disrupted and the future of the children of such families is at stake.
Barbhuiya urged the chief minister to stop harassing the poor and weaker sections of the society’ in this drive against child marriage.
The state cabinet had recently approved a proposal to book men who have married girls below 14 years of age under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
Cases under the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 will be registered against those who have married girls in the age group of 14-18 years, the cabinet decided.
The offenders will be arrested and the marriages declared illegal.
Assam has a high rate of maternal and infant mortality, with child marriage being the primary cause, according to reports by the National Family Health Survey (NFHS).
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February 6, 2023