KPs concern over trespassing over migrant land in Areh village

JAMMU, May 12: Terming the return move an eyewash to hoodwink the Centre, various Kashmiri Pandit organisations today expressed doubts about the State government’s credentials in this regard.

Challenging the sincerity of the government on this issue they alleged that various government departments are adopting a tactical strategy to thwart the move and completely right off the names of the community from the Kashmir valley.

They while making a frontal attack on the State government alleged that it is not interested to take any legal action against the people who have forcibly occupied the migrants houses and encroached their land and other property, as certain government agencies are themselves engaged in this menace.

“We have lost all faith in the State government’s said Mr RK Raina, vice-president, All State Kashmiri Pandit Conference, (ASKPC) who was all sore over the Revenue department for adopting delaying tactics in restoring the migrants property and initiate action against guilty.

He said the maximum houses of displaced Kashmiris have been set ablaze or damaged by militants in the Valley and those which are intact have been encroached forcibly.

He said in the villages where the houses of migrants are intact a tactful policy is being adopted by the officers of the various department that these houses should not remain worth use for the return of the community.

Citing such example he said under a tactical move the State PDD authorities have laid a high-tension line over the existing migrant houses in village Areh of Kulgam tehsil in Anantnag district of South Kashmir recently.

Mr Raina said that entire community has been shocked over this Action of State Power Development Department (PDD) and though the migrants of the village have sent their representations to the concerned authorities but to no avail.

The KP leader said it is shocking that instead of adopting a 10 chains distance from the village link road to the site of the newly constructed power station, the department has adopted a distance of 33 chains over the houses of Kashmiri Pandits for laying the high-tension line.

This gives the credence to government’s inner plans that it is not interested in the return of the displaced community to their homes and hearths, sad Mr RL Bhan, president All India Kashmir Hindu Forum. Had it not been so, the government would have never made tress passing over the Mohalla where houses of displaced Pandits are still existing.

Mr Bhan also lambasted the government for converting seven kanals of land owned by Messers Ashok Raina, TN Raina and Vinod Raina in to a playing field in the same village in open violation of Distress Sale Act.

The KP leaders while demanding the intervention of the Chief Minister in the matter have also sought probe into it as to why the department instead of adopting the shortest distance for laying the line has adopted the longest one.

The KP leaders said that besides informing the Deputy Commissioner Anantnag and AEE PDD Kulgam, the matter has been brought in the notice of Divisional Commissioner Kashmir also.

They also strongly criticised the State government for acquiring the land of Sharika Sanstha at Hari Parbhat in Srinagar Kashmir and warned that in case the land is not restored to the community and encroachments removed the Kashmiri Pandits will be forced to come to streets in protest.