Open Encroachment on Govt. Property Proper in Center of Campbell Bay Bazaar, Authorities Take No Motion

Tarun Karthick

Port Blair, 17 April 2023

A brand new encroachment has come up at Campbell Bay Bazaar close to Zero Point within the form of an eatery. The encroachment is a couple of days previous and looks like the authorities of the Revenue Department have turned a blind eye to the exercise of the encroacher.

The encroachment has come up on the porch of an deserted advanced of previous Government quarters.

The space the place the encroachment has come up is a main Govt. property proper on the coronary heart of Campbell Bay Bazaar and will have been utilized for the development of outlets for unemployed youth, however as a substitute, the property is being encroached, and the authorities have turned a blind eye in the direction of the criminal activity.

Nicobar Times has acquired credible data that the encroacher is being supported by a neighborhood politician, and because of the politician’s affect, the encroacher is ready to brazenly take pleasure in criminal activity with none consequence.

Several youths of Great Nicobar are aggrieved by the negligent perspective of the authorities in the direction of such unlawful encroachment. 

Great Nicobar already has a dearth of income land for developmental functions, and permitting open encroachment on prime Govt. Property needs to be handled as a prison offence. The accountable officers needs to be booked underneath related provisions of the regulation and a departmental enquiry needs to be initiated towards them.

Several parcels of land in Great Nicobar have been encroached lately on the pretext of placing up non permanent stalls promoting delicacies like Pani Puri and snacks. These stalls are additionally slowly turning into everlasting encroachments.