Excelsior Correspondent
SAMBA, Aug 19: Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) senior leader and former Minister, Manjit Singh has demanded property right on custodian property allotted to the Chhamb displaced persons.
In a statement to the press, the former Minister has appealed to the Government to give ownership rights to the Chhamb displaced persons of 1971 and 1965.
“The displaced persons have lost their properties in the Indo-Pak wars and they became homeless. The Government had allotted them custodian land on which they cannot claim ownership rights,” said Manjit Singh.
For decades, he said, they have lived on the land without land rights. In the Union Territory, the Government should give them right on the property they are holding.
He said that the Chhamb displaced persons have suffered adversely due to the border clashes and they were not given their dues despite assuring ownership rights on the property.
The JKAP senior leader said that the party is with them and supports their demands. He appealed to Lt Governor Manoj Sinha to accept their demands for effective working of the Department.
Besides, the former Minister said that a bandh on Devak-Basanter river was damaged and till date it has not been re-constructed and the farmers have been facing problems in cultivation of their fields due to the silt.
“The desilting work has not been taken up by the Agriculture Department despite repeated requests,” alleged the former Minister while seeking intervention of Lt Governor, Manoj Sinha.
He said that the poor farmers are not able to cultivate their fields after the flash flood in 2013.Meanwhile, the former Minister extended support to the MGNREGA employees who are on strike for their demands in Jammu and Kashmir
Meanwhile, over many people joined the J & K Apni Party from Barota Camp. Those who were joined Sunil Kumar, Jakay Kumar , Ashwani Kumar, Anil Choudhary , Amit Kumar, Manish Kumar , Kuldeep Raj, Monu Kumar, Sunny Choudhary, Jimmy Thappa, Sandeep Kumar, Binder Dillon, Gharjit Singh, Lucky, Ravi, Ajeet,Ashwani, Ajay and Pappu.
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