GOVERNMENT OFFICERS AND LAND MAFIAS OCCUPIED LAND OF THE SONE CANAL DEPARTMENT IN BUXAR DISTRICT AT 1019 PLACES
Not to speak of land mafia, even the government machinery which is in-charge of law and order and which should take action against the land mafia, are also illegally occupying the government lands. In such a situation, how and from whom can one expect justice?
GOVERNMENT OFFICERS AND LAND MAFIAS OCCUPIED LAND OF THE SONE CANAL DEPARTMENT IN BUXAR DISTRICT AT 1019 PLACES
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RAJIV NAYAN AGRAWAL
BUXAR----------------------------------Not to speak of land mafia, even the government machinery which is in-charge of law and order and which should take action against the land mafia, are also illegally occupying the government lands. In such a situation, how and from whom can one expect justice?
Government machinery and land mafias are involved in occupying Sone Canal land illegally in Buxar district and they have illegally occupied 1019 places in Buxar district so far and that too without taking No Objection Certificate (NOC) from the department. The Town Municipal Council has constructed more than 50 kataras on one side at the posh are at Jyoti Chowk disregarding the rules. If the sources in the Sone Canal Department to be believed, the government machinery and land mafias have illegally occupied the land of the Water Resources Department at about 1019 places in Buxar without obtaining NOC.
On the other hand, the matter of government officials’ residences and even government offices built illegally on the land of the Sone Canal has come to light. Besides, and mafias have captured many places and are doing business on bricks, sand and soil.
The Sone Canal Department wrote a letter to the Sadar CO in June 2023 mentioning construction of government’s residences and government offices on the land of the Sone Canal Department illegally. On the condition of anonymity, some officials of the Sone Canal Department say that when administrative officers own government houses without NOC, what about the rest of the people. The Sone Canal Divisional Department is repeatedly demanding to remove the encroachment but the Sadar CO and other administrative officers are not paying any heed to it. Not only the shopkeepers but also the residence of the Municipal Council, Sadar Sub-Divisional Officer, office of the PHED and several numbers of schools and colleges have been built on the land of the Sone Canal Department and all this is possible only due to the nexus of administrative officials and land mafias and so it is not being investigated.
When contacted, the Sadar SDO Dhirendra Mishra said that he has no information about illegal occupation ranging from construction of buildings without NOC and added that action will definitely be taken against it and the matter will be investigated.
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