JK News Today
Jammu, December 03:
Member DDC Suchetgarh Taranjit Singh Tony-led delegation of Gharana wetland farmers along with Sarpanch Gurdyal Singh Soni on Friday called on Divisional Commissioner Jammu Raghav Langer and raised their concerns with regard to arbitrary, illegal action of Civil Administration and Police on December 2, 2021.
The delegation also submitted a memorandum of demands to the Divisional Commissioner Jammu. Sushma Choudhary and Gurmeet Singh also part of the delegation.
The DDC Member said that by forcibly trespassing into the land chunks and houses of farmers the administration has taken law in its hand which calls for legal action. He said that farmers are subjected to crop losses due to migratory birds but till date the government has not given a penny as compensation but now in the name of development is encroaching upon their land by initiating forcible fencing exercise. He raised the question that the matter being subjudice since 1982 with High Court ordering status quo, how could the administration change the status quo by raising fencing? He also said that nearly 1700 kanals of land is being irrigated by the water body in the area by using pumps but with concerned department taking over the pond what will be the fate of these fields? He also said that department lodges FIR against farmers for disallowing the birds to sit in their fields which is again arbitrary and demanded that this trend should be stopped immediately.
The delegation also said that the present rate of land settled by the J&K government is not acceptable and it should reconsider the same in the light of central government rules. The delegation also demanded full compensation for the loss of crop in the action taken by the administration yesterday as same was damaged to a great extent.
The farmers also said that their main occupation is farming and in case their land is taken away by the government then they will become jobless so the government should give at least one job each to the families getting affected by the development of wetland.
After patiently listening to the delegation, the Div Com assured that he will visit the spot on Monday along with DC Jammu and find amicable resolution to the issues confronted by the farmers.
