Srinagar: It was after eleven years on Thursday that tIndian army roops of 36 Rashtriya Rifles (RR) removed its Camp at Lissar village, four kilometers from Kokernag� pristine tourist destination� in the South Kashmir district of Islamabad.
While people express jubilations over the removal of the camp, troops have allegedly vandalized lush walnut and apple orchard�spread over 90 Kanals of land, to leave the land owners with anguish and pain.
Sources told Press Bureau of India that the troops have shifted its base camp from Lissar to Vujru Qazigund.
The camp, according to the locals, created tremendous hardship to the people after its establishment in 1998.
“The road through the camp was closed and people had to take long alternate routes to reach respective destination,” a villager, Nasir Ahmad told Press Bureau of India, expressing happiness that he and other villagers have no more to take long travel routes to reach home. “There will be no gun wielding men either to yell at us,” he added.
While people appreciated the civil administrations for heeding to their long cherished demand by removing the camp, damage to their orchard have brought anxiety on their faces.
“I had four and a half kanals of land under the camp. Several of the walnut and apple trees over it have been damaged while they used to take the entire harvest from it,” Ghulam Mohammad Malik, a local told Press Bureau of India.
He said that army has shown only 10-marlas of his land under its occupation as, he said, troops have managed to show that only 37 kanals of land were under its occupation.
“Army has prepared a list of villagers whose land was under its occupation for rent disbursement. However, they have shown only ten Marlas of land against each villagers and not the exact measure of property,” Malik said.
“They called several villagers inside the camp today and got their signature on paper to maintain the claims with regard to rent,” he added.
Another villager, Ghulam Qadir Sheikh, seconded Malik and alleged that while they were devoid of actual rent, nothing was been talked about the compensation on account of damage to the orchards.
“Rent cases are mere eyewash. There has been tremendous damage to our orchards besides they have erected many underground bunkers on the land,” he added.
The villagers also accused troops of decamping with fenced wire, put on the land for demarcation.
Despite repeated attempts, no army official including the concerned CEO of the army unit could be contacted for their version. (PBI)
While people express jubilations over the removal of the camp, troops have allegedly vandalized lush walnut and apple orchard�spread over 90 Kanals of land, to leave the land owners with anguish and pain.
Sources told Press Bureau of India that the troops have shifted its base camp from Lissar to Vujru Qazigund.
The camp, according to the locals, created tremendous hardship to the people after its establishment in 1998.
“The road through the camp was closed and people had to take long alternate routes to reach respective destination,” a villager, Nasir Ahmad told Press Bureau of India, expressing happiness that he and other villagers have no more to take long travel routes to reach home. “There will be no gun wielding men either to yell at us,” he added.
While people appreciated the civil administrations for heeding to their long cherished demand by removing the camp, damage to their orchard have brought anxiety on their faces.
“I had four and a half kanals of land under the camp. Several of the walnut and apple trees over it have been damaged while they used to take the entire harvest from it,” Ghulam Mohammad Malik, a local told Press Bureau of India.
He said that army has shown only 10-marlas of his land under its occupation as, he said, troops have managed to show that only 37 kanals of land were under its occupation.
“Army has prepared a list of villagers whose land was under its occupation for rent disbursement. However, they have shown only ten Marlas of land against each villagers and not the exact measure of property,” Malik said.
“They called several villagers inside the camp today and got their signature on paper to maintain the claims with regard to rent,” he added.
Another villager, Ghulam Qadir Sheikh, seconded Malik and alleged that while they were devoid of actual rent, nothing was been talked about the compensation on account of damage to the orchards.
“Rent cases are mere eyewash. There has been tremendous damage to our orchards besides they have erected many underground bunkers on the land,” he added.
The villagers also accused troops of decamping with fenced wire, put on the land for demarcation.
Despite repeated attempts, no army official including the concerned CEO of the army unit could be contacted for their version. (PBI)
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