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Extension in Tosa Maidan Lease unacceptable: Hurriyat (G)
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Sunday, 9 March 2014
9:02 pm
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Srinagar: While rejecting the proposal
to extend the lease to army over the Tosa Maidan firing range, Hurriyat
Conference (G) cautioned about the move and termed it as unacceptable.
According to a statement issued to KNS, Hurriyat (G) has
said that it stands by the demand of the people from affected areas that the
Tosa Maidan should be developed as tourist destination which will create many
job opportunities for the poor people of the area. Ayaz Akbar, spokesman of the
Hurriyat (G) has said that the Jammu Kashmir is the most militarized region in
the world and they have forcibly occupied many lakh canals of land, which have
made the life of surrounding people miserable.
While terming the silence of Umar led government over the
issue of Tosa Maidan as criminal, Hurriyat Conference said that the pro-Indian
parties only care for their power and for this they can mortgage the entire
state and the people with India. “They have failed in adopting a clear stand
with respect to the lease of Tosa Maidan and they don’t want to make the army
and intelligence upset because of the election drama of 2014.”
Hurriyat (G) said that the areas like Gulmarg, Pehalgam,
Toosa Maidan etc. are the models of the nature and beauty of Kashmir and due to
these areas, Kashmir is known as Switzerland of Asia, but with the help of
state government, the Indian army has forcibly occupied these landscapes and
have created environmental problems for its future. Hurriyat cautioned that we
are closely monitoring the issue of extension of lease of Toosa Maidan and if
it happens, we will not sit silently.
Meanwhile, paying tributes to Dr. Mohammad Ayoub Thakur
on his 10 death anniversary, Hurriyat (G) prayed for his eternal peace. Akbar
said that Thakur had dedicated his whole life for the Islam and Kashmir cause
and he has been very loyal to this mission.(KNS)
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