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Sajad Chopan Officials on Sunday demolished two structures and sealed more than 61 shops in the Banihal area of ​​Ramban district of Jammu Kashmir. As per the district administration, the shops were constructed illegally on "state land", so all the shops were sealed and handed over to the custody of MC Banihal. Watch Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSqPhLWWkaE Locals told The Kashmiriyat that on Sunday morning sealed 61 shops built on state land inside Hospital Street were sealed as part of an anti-encroachment drive, which has been going on in the Jammu Kashmir region. A team of the revenue department headed by the Tehsildar demolished two structures including a medical shop amid heavy police deployment, officials said, adding that, more than 61 shops were handed ...

Meer Irfan Anger and frustration are visible on the snow-covered streets of Nagbal Shopian where at least two hundred shopkeepers have shut their shops to demand an immediate rollback of the order calling for the removal of "encroachers" over the state land. The protest and shutdown in Nagbal Shopian comes a day after the main market in Kellar Shopian observed a shutdown asking the administration to withdraw the order calling for the eviction of "encroachments" over state land. Watch video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFACZR6-ejw Speaking to The Kashmiriyat, a group of shopkeepers Friday said that the administration has been asking them to vacate their shops allegedly built on the state land or else they will face action. "We have been forced to keep our shops shut so ...

Senior Kashmiri politician and leader of Awami National Conference on Tuesday stood to bulldozers in Srinagar's M.A road and called the admin to remove the Governor house in Kashmir, which he claimed was built on state land. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BifuO31h9Iw Eyewitnesses told The Kashmiriyat that on Tuesday afternoon, the revenue officials along with Jammu Kashmir Police personnel reached Hotel Nedous at M.A road claiming that the same was encroached on "state land," however, Muzaffar Shah came out holding the papers, which he claimed were the property documents and stood in front of the bulldozers. Reacting to the state land eviction drives, Muzaffar claimed that the Hotel Nedous was built in the year 1835 and the land is in possession of the third generation of the bui...

Several areas of Jammu City Monday observed a shutdown to protest against the ongoing eviction drive over state land in the region. Eyewitnesses told The Kashmiriyat that Sunjwan, Bathindi, and Malik Market and several other Muslim-populated areas in Jammu have shut down in protest against the eviction notices they have received from Jammu Kashmir admin. Watch Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYHFDWGDpXg Amid rain, Shops and other business establishments in the areas have shut down in the area. Several locals in these areas have received eviction notice including one Abdul Rashid Malik, a local who has donated his personal property in Sunjwan for the PDP office. As per the locals, a massive crowd has gathered at Nawabad area of Sunjwan in Jammu to protest against th...

The land acquisition drive on part of the administration triggered a massive protest in the Larnoo area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district. Watch video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_S5pgjiPmgk People living in far-off areas mostly from the tribal community participated in the protest in huge numbers. They denounced the policy of evicting people from the land terming it an injustice and anti-human. Notably, the JK admin has ordered the eviction of "encroachments" from the alleged state land by January 31 this month. The order has created widespread protests while politicians have expressed resentment, asking the government to reconsider the decision. The protest that was led by tribal leaders urged the LG administration to roll back the order saying that it will render ...

Meer Irfan The local residents agitated against officials of the Rural Development Department in Pulwama's Payar area during an eviction drive in the south Kashmir area. A local speaking to The Kashmiriyat said on Monday the employees of the Rural Development Department reached the Payar area to free a state land in the area and started cutting trees in a patch of land in the south Kashmir area. Watch Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHi7VmnwrIY "The grassland has always been used by people. We do not understand why have we suddenly become illegal occupants. The land was used by locals to graze animals. Many people have their almond trees planted in this patch of land, which is their only source of income, it seems that the admin wants to snatch our livelihood" a local ...