Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 6: IkkJutt Jammu today released main findings of its own `Commission on Demographic Change of Jammu Province, which particularly worked to ascertain the demographic changes within the Jammu city and areas adjoining it.
” IkkJutt Jammu has no hesitation in stating that a sinister demographic war on Jammu province was unleashed immediately after the total religious cleansing of Hindus in Kashmir in 1990. This demographic assault was spearheaded by the so-called secular leaders of National Conference and Congress, who were later on joined by the leadership of PDP,” said Ankur Sharma, chairman of IkkJutt Jammu, while releasing findings of the commission.
Sharing the findings, he said that around 100,000 residential houses and accommodations have been built in and around Jammu city since 1990 while 50 lakh Kanals of Government land has been encroached upon in the Jammu province, particularly on the stretch extending from Jammu city to Lakhanpur.
“A new Jammu city has already been built within the slopes of Bhathindi forest Hills, Sidhra and the adjoining areas of Tawi Floor Bed. Bhathindi is no longer a locality but a sprawling town that has come up in the encroached hillocks, forests and State land with full civic amenities and road connectivity. It is glaringly evident that the entire process of building this has been done with the full connivance of the State Government and its political class,” he said.
Ankur Sharma alleged that entire developmental plan of Jammu city in last two decades has been so devised to make Jammu Hindu- minority. “The areas which constitute this demographic encroachment are Bhathindi, Narwal, Sunjwan, Kaluchak, Peer Baba Mohalla, Poonchi Mohalla, Channi Rama, Channi Himmat, Raika, Sidhra, Rangoora, Khanpur, Nagrota, Gujjar Mohalla, Qasim Nagar on both sides of NH 44 Bypass,” he added.
He also drew attention towards the alleged demographic character of business establishments in the form of Dhabas, restaurants, general grocery and handicraft shops, hotels, along Jammu -Srinagar and Jammu- Poonch highways. “Areas around the Railway tracks in Jammu have also been targets of demographic encroachment,” he added.
Stating that the annulling of the Roshni Act by then Governor Satya Pal Malik had raised hopes that Government of India had finally woken up to the grim reality of demographic war, the IkkJutt Jammu Chairman lamented that the UT administration was, however, responding to the issue in a paralytic manner thus demoralizing nationalist forces in Jammu.
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