The year 2021 left many families in Kashmir roofless as their houses were damaged during encounters between Government forces and militants. On 13 March six residential houses and four cowsheds were damaged during an encounter in the Rawalpora area of South Kashmir’s Shopian district.
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The Government does not maintain any official data for the houses damaged. The last recorded data was in the year 2001, which said that at least 5,368 shops, houses, and other privately-owned structures in Kashmir suffered damage from 1989 to 2001. No such data is available for the last 17 years but the number can be reasonably estimated to have increased manifold.
The victims of the encounters, who are left homeless do not even get any compensation from the Government officials.
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Data maintained by The Kashmiriyat reveals that at least 57 structures were damaged during various encounters that raged in the Kashmir valley in the year 2021.
The timeline
On 29th January, A house was damaged during an encounter at Mandoora Tral.
On 18th February, A house was damaged during the encounter at Badigam Shopian.
On 11th March, three houses were damaged during an encounter at Kandipora Bijbehara in Anantnag.
On 13th March, Six houses and four cow sheds were damaged at Rawalpora Shopian during an encounter.
On 22th March, A house was damaged at Manihal Shopian.
On 27th March, A house was damaged during an encounter at Dangam area of Harmain in South Kashmir’s Shopian.
On 3rd April, three houses were damaged in Kakpora Pulwama during an encounter.
On 9th April, A house was damaged during an encounter at Zainpora Shopian.
On 11th April, A house was damaged during an encounter at Semthan Bijbehara Anantnag.
On 19th April, A house was damaged in Zeipora village of Shopian district during an encounter.
On 11th May, A house was damaged during an encounter at Vailoo Kokernag.
On 17th May, A house was damaged during an encounter at Khanmoh Srinagar.
On 16th June, A house was damaged during an encounter Wagoora Naugam, Srinagar.
On 23th June, A house was damaged during an encounter in Shrimal Shopian.
On 25th June, A house was damaged in Hanipora, Shopian during an encounter.
On 28th June, A house was damaged during an encounter at Malhoora Parimpora.
On 2nd July, A house was damaged during an encounter at Hanjan Rajpora area of Pulwama.
On 7th July, A house was damaged at Handwara Kupwara.
On 8th July, A house was damaged in Puchal Pulwama during an encounter.
On 10th July, A house was damaged during an encounter at Kawarigam area of the Rainipora area in the Anantnag.
On 14th July, two houses were damaged and one partial damaged at New colony area of Pulwama town.
On 16th July, One house was damaged in Eid Gah Srinagar during an encounter.
On 23th July, A house was damaged during an encounter at Warpora Sopore.
On 13th August, A house was damaged during an encounter at Malpora Mir Bazar in Kulgam South Kashmir.
On 24th August, A house was damaged during an encounter at Peith Seer village of Sopore Kashmir.
On 23 September, A house was partially damaged during an encounter in Keshaw area of Shopian.
On 12th October, A house was damaged during an encounter in the Feeripora area of South Kashmir’s Shopian.
On 12th October, two houses and two cow sheds were damaged in Tulran Shopian during an encounter.
On 20th October, A house damaged during an encounter at Sopat area of Devsar in Kulgam.
On 20th October, Two houses were damaged during an encounter at Cheerbagh Dragad area of Shopian.
On 11th November, A house was damaged in Chanser, Czawalgam in Kulgam during an encounter.
On 8th December, two houses and two cow sheds were damaged during an encounter at Chek e Cholan area of Shopian.
On 15th December, A house was partially damaged during an encounter at Usgampathri Rajpora Pulwama.
On 16th December, A house was damaged during encounter in Redwani Bala, Kulgam.
On 25th December, a house was damaged during an encounter at Chowgam area of Shopian during an encounter.
On 26th December: A house received partial damage during an encounter in Kalan area of Bijbehara in Anantnag.
Data compiled by Bhat Yasir