Fazil Mir
Srinagar, July 25, (NVI):- A Division bench of Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh High Court have directed the Forest Department to stop the work on the concrete structure at picturesque Bangus Valley in North Kashmir’s Kupwara district.
Advocate Sheikh Manzoor on behalf of the petitioner Muhammad Umar Mir argued that the concrete construction of a forest rest house at Bangus Valley in Kupwara should be halted and a response should be sought from the Forest Department.
The Division Bench accordingly directed the department not to allow raising any concrete structure in the Bangus Valley without the leave of this court.
The court granted four weeks to respondents to file their responses and directed them not to raise any concrete structure.
Notably, the Forest Department has started work on a concrete rest house for its employees, however, the decision of construction was widely criticised.
The case has been listed for the next hearing on 11 September this year.(News Vibes of India)
