More than 300 personnel were deployed in the area during the demolition drive.
Demolition drive in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi. (Image: ANI)
A massive demolition drive is underway in Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi against the Waqf Board-run ‘Musafir Khana’ properties in the Dalmandi area.
More than 300 personnel have been deployed in the area, which includes officials from the PWD, district administration, paramilitary, PAC as well as police, ANI reported.
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#WATCH | Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh: Demolition drive underway against Waqf Board-run ‘Musafir Khana’ properties in the Dalmandi area. Heavy deployment of PWD, district administration, paramilitary, PAC and police at the site. Over 300 personnel deployed.
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Sharing details about the demolition drive, PWD Executive Engineer KK Singh said that people were given appropriate time for the same, while the demolition action is underway.
“This action has been continuously going on for two days,” he added.
ACP Atul Anjan Tripathi told ANI that the demolition drive was being carried out on a Waqf property, Musafir Khana.
“The relevant department has completed the legal process, and after giving sufficient time, the demolition action has been initiated today… Adequate force has been deployed. Barricading has been done to restrict people’s movement… Surveillance is also being maintained through drones,” Tripathi added.
According to reports, bulldozers had intensified demolition of the purchased properties on Sunday as well, with police tightening security on the Dalmandi street.
Earlier, the Dashaswamedh ACP informed that the PWD team had a list of nearly 45 buildings. He stated that on Sunday demolition at 25 buildings was completed, while announcements were made to begin work on the remaining 20.
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