STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: Former Minister and working President JKPCC Raman Bhalla has urged Lt Governor Manoj Sinha to intervene in the matter of arbitrary action of demolition in different locations without prior notice causing huge damage to the personal properties besides throwing the families on roads.
Bhalla visited different areas where demolition drive was conducted yesterday and met the affected families who charged the government of being arbitrary and selective in the action.
They narrated their woes and complained that they were in occupation for decades and earning their livelihoods but government has rendered them shelter-less and jobless forcing them to beg for sustenance.
They also complained that big industrial houses and establishments in the same localities were either not touched or regularised while the poor and common people were targetted against all norms of Justice and fair play and human rights.
Bhalla expressed solidarity with the affected people and urged the LG Manoj Sinha to listen to their grievance and resettle and rehabilitate them besides compensating them for the huge losses to individuals.