DB directive on Shah Kul’s restoration

Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 2: In a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking removal of illegal encroachments and the restoration of the original status of ‘Shah Kul’, a historical canal, a Division Bench of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court comprising Chief Justice N Kotiswar Singh and Justice Muhammad Yousuf Wani has directed the authorities to submit a report attesting to “illegal encroachments” and the restoration of the original status of ‘Shah Kul’.
“There is serious allegation of encroachment of public property”, the DB said and directed the Government through its Chief Secretary, Vice Chairman Lake Conservation and Management Authority Srinagar, Secretary Lakes and Conservation and Management Authority, Srinagar, Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, Deputy Commissioner (DC) Srinagar, Director, Land Records Srinagar and Commissioner Srinagar Municipality to “file the report without fail” by April 24.