 Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 5: The All Jammu and Kashmir Jat Sabha urged Lt Governor of Jammu and Kashmir to intervene and address the issue of families whose land is to be acquired for expansion of Jammu Airport.
The members of Sabha on Tuesday staged a peaceful protest at Maharaja Hari Singh's statue on Tawi bridge and extended support to joint action committee Rani Bagh, which is spearheading agitation to get justice for 61 families, which would be dislocated for expansion of Jammu airport. Speaking to media, President of the Sabha and former Minister Manjit Singh, said that administration is forcibly trying to vacate the house, without giving suitable compensations. Earlier these families were alloted land at Beli Charana but Army didn't allowed them to construct their houses. Now they are being allotted the land at Sunjwan area, and the place is stated to be disputed and compensation of constructed buildings being paid is as per 2002 rate, which is very low," Singh said. These people are already displaced from PoK in 1947 and now again they are forced to vacate their houses. |
