Illegally raised shops demolished in Kulgam by Revenue, MC Kulgam

Saahil Suhail

Early Times Report

Kulgam, May 11: Revenue Department and Municipal Committee Kulgam on Saturday demolished several structures that were being constructed without adhering to procedure

According to official reports, structures (shops) were being constructed in Laroo Bus Stand of Kulgam on Municipal Committee Land and.

“Some people having vested interests had attempted to raise structures but today we launched a drive to demolish them,” Deputy Commissioner Kulgam told media.

He said that the illegally raised structures have been demolished completely.

Assistant Commissioner Revenue (ACR) Kulgam, Mir Imtiyaz told Early Times that the structures were raised on land that belong to Municipal Committee Land.

“Executive Officer Municipal Committee Kulgam had already sent notices to the violator but he didn’t stop therefore the structures were demolished today completely,”’ he added.

According to norms, Municipal Committee Kulgam was supposed to auction the piece of land or construct shops and then auction to them but here procedure wasn’t adopted.

President Municipal Committee Kulgam, Mr Avinash told Early Times that elected councilors had passed resolution but the person who was raising the structure didn’t wait for the permission.

“We had passed a resolution and forwarded to Director Urban Local Bodies Kashmir but he hadn’t yet approved it. The person who was raising this structure didn’t wait and started constructing shops without availing proper permission,” he said, adding his only intention is to create assets for Kulgam Municipal Committee so that causal labors and employees gets wages at the end of the month.