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LAWDA demolishes illegal hut after 8 years

YB WEB DESK. Dated: 1/14/2021 12:24:28 PM

YB News Srinagar, Jan 13 Lakes and Waterways Development Authority (LAWDA) on Tuesday finally acted on the repeated complaints of residents and environmentalists and partially demolished a private hut in the tourism park on the West side of Nigeen Lake on Tuesday. The demolition was however stopped after the owner of the hut, an influential businessman Manzoor Ahmad wangnoo along with officials from the tourism department intervened and stopped LAWDA workers from razing it to ground, alleged head of an NGO which headed the campaign for encroachment free Nigeen. According to residents, the Tourism Department acquired 176 kanal and 18 marla of land on the Western shores of Nigeen Lake in early seventies for building a public park. However it was only in 2008 the land was converted into Joggers Park and named Cherry Park. However the entire front end of the lake remains under occupation of houseboats marooned along its banks. “Manzoor ahmad wangnoo has erected sign boards of ‘Private Property’ in the park and have raised illegal constructions. We have been asking authorities to take action for a long”, “said Nasir Ahmad Naikoo.