Varanasi: Before Diwali, Musahar Basti was bulldozed by the federal government, DM mentioned – discover was given 3 months in the past

Abhishek Kumar Jha, Varanasi Just earlier than Diwali, the problem of vacating the land in Karsada of Rohaniya police station in Varanasi has began gaining momentum. Some homes of the settlement have been demolished to clear the Musahar settlement in Karsada for the Atal Residential School. After this, the folks of Musahar Basti reached the DM residence on Friday night time itself. Everyone was already stopped to be able to encompass the DM residence, together with outdated youngsters, girls. They had been despatched again on Saturday after assuring them to fulfill the officers. At the identical time, the District Magistrate instructed that the land has been given to the folks underneath rehabilitation and see was additionally given 3 months in the past to vacate the place. The allegation of the villagers is being given within the flood affected space, Rajkumar, a resident of Zaminbasti, NBT. Told Online that on Friday, Sub-Collector Meenakshi Pandey got here and received us to signal a paper. When we talked to our lawyer and requested us to signal, we had been pressured to signal. The land is our ancestral. The Khatauni of the land is within the identify of Ashok, Chameli Devi and Pintu. On the opposite hand, about 13 households made comparable claims and went out late at night time to the residence of District Officer Kaushal Raj Sharma to complain towards the forcible demolition of the home. On the way in which, they had been stopped earlier than the DM’s residence and guaranteed that the officers would come to the spot within the morning. All the folks of the settlement got here again to Karsada and spent the night time underneath the open sky. At the identical time, the aged Budhu says that they’re in possession of the ancestral land for years and the land which is being given is subsequent to the close by drain which is within the flood affected space. DM’s declare – 3 months in the past the land was given to vacate NoticeSuch motion simply earlier than Diwali put the district administration within the dock. District Magistrate Kaushal Sharma instructed that earlier the land belonged to the Weavers Department, which was given to the Labor Department. Atal Residential School is proposed to be constructed on this land. This land belongs to the village society and the folks dwelling there had illegally occupied it. The tutorial constructing of CIPET and Labor Department is to be constructed there which is for the native youngsters solely. Big question- if unlawful encroachment then why resettlement? When the district officer was requested in regards to the Khatauni papers to be proven by the villagers, he mentioned Said he did not know what papers he was displaying. On the opposite hand, within the phrases of the District Officer, if the possession was unlawful, then many land is being allotted on lease to the occupiers.