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Resentment brews against Estate Department 8/23/2016 12:04:09 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Aug 22: Resentment is brewing among the locals over the proposal of the Estates Department for the construction of 64 two BHK residential at a cost of Rs 14 crore at Ahata Amar Singh in Jammu city. While the department is projecting the proposal with pride, many people living in the vicinity argue that the Ahata Amar Singh is an extension of the historic Darbargarh palace and needs to be conserved and rejuvenated on the same lines being a heritage monument. "This is a historic place and an extension of the Royal Darbargarh palace, it cannot be pulled down and reconstructed being part of the heritage monument" said Vinod Kumar Puri, a resident of Panjteerthi. He disclosed the Ahata housed the officers and officials of the Royal darbar and after the palace complex was used to house government offices, the residential quarters in the Ahata were allotted to the officials of the state government. "Few years back, the government offices were shifted out of the complex, but the Ahata continued to house the residential quarters of the government officials till recently when they were declared 'unsafe' by the estate department" he added. Meanwhile, notices have been served to the occupants of the government quarters inside the Ahata and they have been allotted alternate accommodation in B D Bari. Even as these employees are reluctant to shift to the alternate accommodation, the local activists have started raising pitch for renovation of the historic Ahata Amar Singh as Darbargarh Palace rather than turning it into a cluster of residential flats as proposed.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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