By Tribune News Service
The PWD (B&R) conducted an anti-encroachment drive to remove part of a ‘peer mazar’ on the government land in Ambala City on Tuesday evening.
The ‘peer mazar’ is situated on old NH-65 opposite Panchayat Bhawan in Ambala City. Some portion of the mazar illegally encroached the PWD land, which was shown in the demarcation report conducted and submitted by the Revenue Department. The mazar is situated on the edge of the bituminous road and creates problems for the road users and is a cause of several accidents.
As per the demarcation report, there was an encroachment on 810 sq ft area on the PWD land, adjoining the road.
Last week, members of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal had staged a dharna against the encroachment made by those who had constructed a ‘peer mazar’ on the government land and demanded its demolition. The administration had fixed November 19 as the date for the anti-encroachment drive. Though the caretaker of the mazar had also filed a stay application against the demolition drive, the application was dismissed on Tuesday.
After the application was dismissed, the process to remove the illegal structure was started. Though initially the caretaker of the mazar started the process of dismantling but later the department engaged machines to expedite the demolition process.
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