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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 ...