Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 16: Provincial President National Conference Devender Singh Rana on Tuesday stressed the need for maintaining sanctity of the Shishu Samadhi (children graveyard) and Christian graveyard at Dhok Wazira village in Nagrota and urged the Army to defer its plans of using the major chunk of the village land for defence purposes without even the same being transferred to them by the State Government.
“In view of the sensitivity of the issue, the matter has been taken up with top ranking officers of the civil administration and the defence services for maintaining status-quo, as the land belonged to locals and was being used for community purposes”, Mr Rana said while addressing the people who were agitating over the attempt of the Army to take over the community land earmarked by the Panchayat for the purpose of community common facilities.
The Provincial President said that he has taken up the issue with the Corps Commander 16 Corps and the Divisional Commissioner, Jammu so that peace in the area is not effected. While emphasizing the need for good Army-Civil relations, he hoped that the Army will understand the sensitivities involved in the matter.
He assured the locals that their legitimate interests will be safeguarded at all costs and appealed them to maintain calm.
It may be mentioned here that on 12th July, 2013 people of the area had come on streets protesting against the move of the Army to take over additional land. Army already has 4300 kanals of land in the area.
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