Wednesday, December 07, 2011
YASH KHAJURIA: Police declines to register FIR against Arundhati ...
YASH KHAJURIA: Police declines to register FIR against Arundhati ...: Police declines to register FIR against Arundhati Roy DySP City asks Roots in Kashmir to approach Distt Magistrate Yash Khajuri...
Police declines to register FIR against Arundhati Roy
Police declines to register FIR against Arundhati Roy
DySP City asks Roots in Kashmir to approach Distt Magistrate
Yash Khajuria 12/6/2011 10:43:18 PM
JAMMU, Dec 06: Filing of this sort of complaint does not come under our jurisdiction, Police authorities led by their DySP Kulbir Handa explained this to Roots in Kashmir (JK) team when they led by its Convenor, Vir Saraf went to the City Police Station to file a Criminal complaint against Arundhati Roy who recently in USA had given a seditious speech.
The renowned Indian activist and novelist Arundhati Roy had surprised the audience with her candour, called for demilitarising Kashmir as a step towards peace in the region. 'Why the international community doesn't see that when you have two nuclear-armed states, like Pakistan and India, there couldn't be a better thing than a buffer state like Kashmir between them, instead of it being a conflict that is going to spark a nuclear war,' she stated while condemning the international community for remained silence over the continued 'brutal Indian occupation of Kashmir' and said Kashmiris should be given the right to self-determination.
The renowned Indian activist and novelist Arundhati Roy had surprised the audience with her candour, called for demilitarising Kashmir as a step towards peace in the region. 'Why the international community doesn't see that when you have two nuclear-armed states, like Pakistan and India, there couldn't be a better thing than a buffer state like Kashmir between them, instead of it being a conflict that is going to spark a nuclear war,' she stated while condemning the international community for remained silence over the continued 'brutal Indian occupation of Kashmir' and said Kashmiris should be given the right to self-determination.
She had advocated that 'Kashmir is one of the most protracted and bloody occupations in the world and one of the most ignored,' she had spoken to a large audience at the Asia Society during a discussion on 'Kashmir - a case for freedom'.
She stated that under the Indian military rule in Kashmir, freedom of speech was non-existent and human rights abuses were routine. Elections were rigged and the press controlled.
She had made a controversial dialogue in a conference at US that the lives of Kashmiris were made miserable by gun-toting security personnel who harassed and terrorized people with impunity, adding that disappearances were almost a daily occurrence as also kidnapping, arrests, fake encounters and torture. Mass graves have been discovered and the conscience of the world remains unstirred.
While talking to the TNI, Vir Saraf, Convenor, Roots in Kashmir (JK) said while disposing of their PIL the Division bench of Hon'ble High court led by Chief Justice Ibrahim Kalifulla asked to approach the police authorities for filing of the criminal complaint.
Following the same when we approached to the City Police station, we were told by the Police authorities there that filing of this sort of complaint does not come under their jurisdiction. Police authorities led by DySP Kulbir Handa advised us to approach District magistrate with the complain. The way police authorities declined to accept our complaint despite clear cut Court directions is very disappointed, said Vir Saraf.
After this Incident when the complainants tried to meet SSP Jammu, Anand Jain, he could not be got in touch in his office. Disparaging the attitude of the police authorities while filing the sedition complaint against Arundhati Roy, Roots in Kashmir has now decided to approach the court again for the directions to the police for filing of complaint.
She stated that under the Indian military rule in Kashmir, freedom of speech was non-existent and human rights abuses were routine. Elections were rigged and the press controlled.
She had made a controversial dialogue in a conference at US that the lives of Kashmiris were made miserable by gun-toting security personnel who harassed and terrorized people with impunity, adding that disappearances were almost a daily occurrence as also kidnapping, arrests, fake encounters and torture. Mass graves have been discovered and the conscience of the world remains unstirred.
While talking to the TNI, Vir Saraf, Convenor, Roots in Kashmir (JK) said while disposing of their PIL the Division bench of Hon'ble High court led by Chief Justice Ibrahim Kalifulla asked to approach the police authorities for filing of the criminal complaint.
Following the same when we approached to the City Police station, we were told by the Police authorities there that filing of this sort of complaint does not come under their jurisdiction. Police authorities led by DySP Kulbir Handa advised us to approach District magistrate with the complain. The way police authorities declined to accept our complaint despite clear cut Court directions is very disappointed, said Vir Saraf.
After this Incident when the complainants tried to meet SSP Jammu, Anand Jain, he could not be got in touch in his office. Disparaging the attitude of the police authorities while filing the sedition complaint against Arundhati Roy, Roots in Kashmir has now decided to approach the court again for the directions to the police for filing of complaint.
Tuesday, December 06, 2011
14359 hectares forest land under encroached by lan...
YASH KHAJURIA: 14359 hectares forest land under encroached by lan...: 14359 hectares forest land under encroached by land sharks in Jammu and Kashmir Yash Khajuria JAMMU, Dec 05: 14,359 hectares of forest la...
14359 hectares forest land under encroached by land sharks in Jammu and Kashmir
14359 hectares forest land under encroached by land sharks in Jammu and Kashmir
Yash Khajuria
JAMMU, Dec 05: 14,359 hectares of forest land has been encroached upon in Jammu and Kashmir by land sharks.
The data revealed that in just last two years a total 9282 hectors of land was encroached upon, whereas, only 15 hectares of area could be cleared from the land grabbers. On the contrary only 64 hectares of forest land in Jammu and 944 hectares in Kashmir have been retrieved from the encroacher’s in past few years.
As per the sources, despite tall claims by the government to take action against the encroachers, in Kashmir valley 4,877 hectares is under the encroachers while 9,482 hectares in Jammu region has been galloped by the land mafia under the very nose of the administration.
The figures provided by the sources indicate that maximum encroachment has taken place in Jammu, Rajouri, Poonch districts in Jammu region and Anantnag, Pahalgam, Shopian, Jhelum Valley, Lidder, Tangmarg in Kashmir.
A senior officer from the forest department on condition of anonymity said that the studies conducted by the department has revealed that 1860 kanals of forest land on the outskirts of Jammu city had been encroached by the land grabbers with active connivance of few corrupt revenue employees.
“This rapid encroachment had resulted in the sharp decrease in the forest area in Jammu and Kashmir from over 24214 sq.kms to20230 sq kms between 2003 and 2007”, said a source.
In fact the forest land and wealth in Jammu and Kashmir had come under the threat of not only the land grabbers and timber smugglers but also of militants who carried out denudation of forest area at a faster rate than that of the land mafia.Well there are number of factors responsible for rapid deforestation and loss of forest cover in Jammu and Kashmir.
Even official reports indicate that within a span of some years till 2008 over 15900 hectares of forest land had been encroached upon been lost to colonisers and to the agriculturists during the last 50 years.
Alarmed over the defiance of the rules, Jammu & Kashmir Government had decided to approach the Supreme Court (SC) to retrieve the state land, but so far little headway has been made in this regard.
Yash Khajuria
JAMMU, Dec 05: 14,359 hectares of forest land has been encroached upon in Jammu and Kashmir by land sharks.
The data revealed that in just last two years a total 9282 hectors of land was encroached upon, whereas, only 15 hectares of area could be cleared from the land grabbers. On the contrary only 64 hectares of forest land in Jammu and 944 hectares in Kashmir have been retrieved from the encroacher’s in past few years.
As per the sources, despite tall claims by the government to take action against the encroachers, in Kashmir valley 4,877 hectares is under the encroachers while 9,482 hectares in Jammu region has been galloped by the land mafia under the very nose of the administration.
The figures provided by the sources indicate that maximum encroachment has taken place in Jammu, Rajouri, Poonch districts in Jammu region and Anantnag, Pahalgam, Shopian, Jhelum Valley, Lidder, Tangmarg in Kashmir.
A senior officer from the forest department on condition of anonymity said that the studies conducted by the department has revealed that 1860 kanals of forest land on the outskirts of Jammu city had been encroached by the land grabbers with active connivance of few corrupt revenue employees.
“This rapid encroachment had resulted in the sharp decrease in the forest area in Jammu and Kashmir from over 24214 sq.kms to20230 sq kms between 2003 and 2007”, said a source.
In fact the forest land and wealth in Jammu and Kashmir had come under the threat of not only the land grabbers and timber smugglers but also of militants who carried out denudation of forest area at a faster rate than that of the land mafia.Well there are number of factors responsible for rapid deforestation and loss of forest cover in Jammu and Kashmir.
Even official reports indicate that within a span of some years till 2008 over 15900 hectares of forest land had been encroached upon been lost to colonisers and to the agriculturists during the last 50 years.
Alarmed over the defiance of the rules, Jammu & Kashmir Government had decided to approach the Supreme Court (SC) to retrieve the state land, but so far little headway has been made in this regard.
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