Bulldozers vs sticks: Residents protest eviction for ‘MLA colony'
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Raipur: About 20 kilometers from the Chhattisgarh capital, tension is escalating in Nakti village, where 85 homes belonging to nearly 250-300 villagers may soon be razed after the administration served eviction notices on encroached lands.
The villagers said that the govt has plans to build an MLA housing colony on this land but authorities haven't confirmed it yet.
The villagers, especially women, have been sitting in protest with sticks in hand, for the past few days, against the move stating that they are ready to sacrifice their lives but will not give up their ancestral land.
"The 30 acres land is recorded as 'community grazing ground' and over 30-35 houses with 250-300 families have been living here for 40 years.
We got an eviction notice and we went to SDM. Outsiders are occupying land all across, and the govt is calling us illegal?" said a villager, wishing anonymity.
He said that there were more than 15 houses built under PMAY while others also being built were put on hold, stating that it was a govt land and we were encroaching it illegally. Soon after, official notices were issued and residents were ordered to vacate the land, prompting widespread anger and protest.
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Speaking to TOI, Raipur collector Gaurav Singh said, "Notices are served to all those who encroach govt lands. They can appeal a civil or SDM court in case of objection. But I ensure, every action is taken as per the rules and regulations."
The women were angered with the notice and an elderly resident Kamla Yadav said, "Even if a bulldozer rolls over my chest, I will not surrender my land."
Another woman asked, "How can our homes be illegal when electricity poles, transformers, and water tanks were built here with govt help?"
Officials indicated that the bulldozers can reach the village any time as per the eviction notice but it's confirmed that the land belongs to govt. Issued under Section 248 of the Chhattisgarh Land Revenue Code (1959), the notice claims that 85 families have illegally occupied land in survey No. 460 totalling 15.47 hectares, land measuring 38 acres in khasra no. 460, which must be vacated voluntarily or face forced eviction.
With no clear word from the administration on whether PMAY houses will be spared, villagers live in daily fear of the bulldozers. But they say the standoff between people and those in power continues — sticks versus state.
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