Anti-encroachment drive in J&Okay: 45 retailers sealed, 2 demolished in Ramban

By PTI

BANIHAL / JAMMU: At least 45 retailers had been sealed and two others demolished through the ongoing anti-encroachment drive in Banihal township of Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district on Sunday, officers mentioned.

Two political activists had been taken into preventive custody earlier than the beginning of the drive to retrieve state land alongside the sub-district hospital street amid tight safety preparations, they mentioned.

A crew of income officers led by Tehsildar, Banihal, and Imtiyaz Ahmad had on Saturday served notices to the house owners of the retailers, principally pharmacies and medical laboratories, triggering a protest.

The shopkeepers and native residents staged a sit-in on the vacationer hostel, nevertheless, a police crew swooped on the protesters round midnight and two sarpanches — Mohd Ilyas Wani of Democratic Azad Party (DAP) and Qaiser Hamid Sheikh of Congress — had been taken into preventive custody, officers mentioned.

Additional safety personnel had been deployed throughout the city on Sunday morning and the notified retailers had been sealed whereas two had been demolished.

The retailers that had been sealed, included 22 pharmacies, 9 medical laboratories and 5 optical retailers, officers mentioned.

“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 mentioned.

He mentioned eight marlas of state land, beneath unlawful occupation of a non-public college, had been additionally freed through the drive which is efficiently happening and thus far 40 per cent encroachment has been eliminated.

President, Beopar Mandal of Banihal, Pervez Hamid Sheikh requested the district administration to have in mind the plight of poor shopkeepers who’ve misplaced their livelihood.

“We are thankful to the administration for providing enough time to the shopkeepers to vacate their shops which were not razed,” Sheikh mentioned.

More than 300 folks have been rendered jobless by the closure of practically 50 retailers, he mentioned.

“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 mentioned.

BANIHAL / JAMMU: At least 45 retailers had been sealed and two others demolished through the ongoing anti-encroachment drive in Banihal township of Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district on Sunday, officers mentioned.

Two political activists had been taken into preventive custody earlier than the beginning of the drive to retrieve state land alongside the sub-district hospital street amid tight safety preparations, they mentioned.

A crew of income officers led by Tehsildar, Banihal, and Imtiyaz Ahmad had on Saturday served notices to the house owners of the retailers, principally pharmacies and medical laboratories, triggering a protest.

The shopkeepers and native residents staged a sit-in on the vacationer hostel, nevertheless, a police crew swooped on the protesters round midnight and two sarpanches — Mohd Ilyas Wani of Democratic Azad Party (DAP) and Qaiser Hamid Sheikh of Congress — had been taken into preventive custody, officers mentioned.

Additional safety personnel had been deployed throughout the city on Sunday morning and the notified retailers had been sealed whereas two had been demolished.

The retailers that had been sealed, included 22 pharmacies, 9 medical laboratories and 5 optical retailers, officers mentioned.

“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 mentioned.

He mentioned eight marlas of state land, beneath unlawful occupation of a non-public college, had been additionally freed through the drive which is efficiently happening and thus far 40 per cent encroachment has been eliminated.

President, Beopar Mandal of Banihal, Pervez Hamid Sheikh requested the district administration to have in mind the plight of poor shopkeepers who’ve misplaced their livelihood.

“We are thankful to the administration for providing enough time to the shopkeepers to vacate their shops which were not razed,” Sheikh mentioned.

More than 300 folks have been rendered jobless by the closure of practically 50 retailers, he mentioned.

“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 mentioned.