Pulwama: Father of six children consumes poisonous substance on
Saturday at Boonera village in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district to
protest against acquisition of his orchard land by revenue department.
Munwar Ahmad Bhat, 60, was hospitalized after consuming poison at his native village when officials were marking his already notified orchid for opening of Gangoo Boonera circular road.
The residents accused revenue and R and B officials for acquiring the
land of Munwar Ahmad Bhat to give advantage to another farmer whose
land was actually notified by officials for circular road.
Mohammad Shafi Bhat, son of Munwar Ahmad Bhat said that in 2005 officials notified land of javid Ahmad Mir’s barren land for circular road.
“He has influence and has bribed officials to change the demarcation,”
Shafi said, adding that authorities were snatching their orchid, the
family’s only land possession.“The authorities of R and B have surveyed one khasra and revenue authorities notified other patch of land in the same Khasra to give advantage to Javid,” said Mohammad Khalil wani, a farmer of Boonera adding that the officials are deviating to make a curve in the road under the influence.
Assistant executive engineer, Pulwama, Zahoor Ahmad said that the circular road gets connected with Shopian – Pampore raod and they have to achieve a right angle.
“The road shouldn’t be bending,” he said, denying any bending in the
circular raod.
Assistant revenue commissioner revenue Pulwama, Syed sajad Qadri said that they never changed the original demarcation done by R&B.
“We are exactly following the demarcation map prepared by R& B,” he said, adding that the circular road is almost near to completion but a few farmers were creating hindrance.
The have been mislead by some people that their land was not
demarcated in 2005, he said, adding that they strictly stick to the
instructions of R&B engineers.
We can’t change the demarcation because that would be deemed as
dereliction of technical opinion, he said, adding that they were trying their best benefit the farmer.
He said that he had a narrow escape when agitated farmers in Boonera
attacked them with stones and sticks.
“We were busy in demarcation when people started throwing stones on us and we have to flee from the scene to save ourselves,” he said, adding many officials receive injuries.
The authorities have instructed police to lodge FIR against eight
people for hatching a conspiracy and assaulting the authorities.
Authorities said the condition of Munwar Ahmad Bhat is stable and out of danger.