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UDHAMPUR, Jun 27: The illegal construction of commercial huts along the main road of Village Madda in Kud, Chenani area of Udhampur district has raised serious concerns as the construction activities persist without proper building permissions and have been constructed with substandard material which is unsafe for lives of people.
These commercial huts are being constructed by a builder namely Rajan Dutta of Paloura, Jammu along with his partner Chandni Sharma of Mehndar (Poonch) without obtaining any necessary approval from the authorities.
Disturbingly, the builder has collected a substantial amount of money in advance from buyers for the construction of these huts which were promised to deliver their proposed owners in the month of July 2022 but has miserably failed to deliver till today and after giving more than sufficient time to them by bonafide purchasers of all the huts. The construction is going on in full swing that too in clear violation of building regulations, without any oversight from the relevant authority.
It appears that there may be a significant nexus operating in the Kud area, as constructing buildings without the involvement of senior government officials would be impossible.
Genuine buyers who have visited the construction site and inquired about possession have received inadequate responses from the builder. Instead, they have faced harassment and threats from the builder, allegedly with the support of the Station House Officer (SHO) Kud namely Vijay Thakur.
The bonafide buyers said that the builder namely Rajan Dutta is using the influence of the SHO to intimidate them. They claimed that they have been threatened with false molestation charges at the behest of said Chandni Sharma, if they raise their voices against them and the SHO concerned is in fully hand in gloves with them and giving threats to bonafide purchaser to implicate them in frivolous cases if they will again dare to come on their respective sites.
The buyers raised voice against the working of Police Department, specifically the behavior of SHO Kud, who is alleged to be supporting the builder and pressuring the bonafide buyers to continue their construction work with Rajan Dutta and his partner Chandni Sharma.
When contacted, SDM Chenani, Parvaiz Naik expressed surprise over the ongoing illegal construction of huts and refused regarding the issuance of any building permission to builder. He assured the affected buyers that he would take appropriate action against the builder, Rajan Dutta & Chandni Sharma, and investigate the matter thoroughly that how they have started construction work without getting requisite permissions.
Furthermore, the alleged harassment of bonafide purchasers by SHO Kud, Vijay Thakkar, is a matter of grave concern. The buyers claim that they are being coerced into continuing their construction work with Rajan Dutta, against their wishes as many of buyers are continue with construction works at their own but the concerned SHO did not let the same to be happened by putting unneccerasliy pressure upon them to get their huts complete by Dutta builder only, reason best known to SHO.
The buyers urged the government to address their concerns and take swift action against the builder for cheating with them and failing to hand over the huts to bonafide purchasers despite accepting significant amounts of money from them. They called for strict measures to be taken against those involved in the illegal construction activities
The situation calls for immediate intervention from the concerned authorities to halt the illegal construction and protect the rights of the buyers. The government should investigate the alleged nexus between the builder, the local police, and other government functionaries. This case highlights the need for stricter oversight of illegal construction activities and ensuring the welfare and protection of buyers in such cases.
Illegal construction of commercial huts goes unabated in Village Madda in Kud, buyers allege harassment
