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Karbala (near Jor Bagh)

Karbala dispute must be settled: Jor Bagh

Maria Akram & Somreet Bhattacharya TNN

The Times of India

some residents of Jor Bagh complain “Every fortnight there is a programme here and the police are perpetually on guard. In 2012, when riots broke out, our cars were vandalized. These religious gatherings bring thousands from elsewhere,” complained Payal, a. In fact, in January 2012, the residents of BK Dutt Colony, opposite Jor Bagh, had protested and blocked Safdarjung flyover over a gate to the shrine which opened into their colony.

therefore, Jor Bagh is periodically under siege. Hundreds of policemen and Rapid Action Force personnel barricade the area, restricting entry. This leaves the residents feeling harassed. Entry from Aurobindo Marg to Jor Bagh is often restricted and the residents can enter from Lodhi Road.

When the Karbala grounds deck up for Nauchandi Jummerat, the Tazia procession starts from Walled City and ends at Karbala in Jor Bagh.

“They are expanding and encroaching on public land. The area has become trouble for all the residents. No civic agency is demarcating the land despite court orders,” says Rakesh Kukreja, a shopkeeper in the area, adding that there could be peace if the dispute was settled.

Karbala and Dargah Sha-e-Mardan are in the middle of Jor Bagh and BK Dutt Colony.

The eight acres of land owned by the Waqf Board also houses the Rajdhani nursery. The situation in the area worsened in 2012 when the nursery owner and members of the Anjuman-e-Haidri committee, which looks after the complex, clashed.

The committee members alleged that the lease for the nursery expired in 2000 but the owner is not vacating the land.

“The nursery owner has lost the case both during arbitration and in Saket court. But despite orders, he’s not vacating the premises. Every time we ask him to vacate, he sends goons. It’s a simple case of land-grabbing but he has turned it into a Shia-Sunni issue,” said Rais Abbas, vice-president, Anjuman-e-Haidri committee. The committee members said there are 112 graves in the area, including some on the nursery land.

Nursery owner Wasim Khan says the matter is in high court and the other orders have been quashed. “Since 1976, we are operating from here. There are no graves in this area, it’s a myth. We are not able to work, and whenever there is a gathering, people destroy our plants and property,” he alleged.