Through PTI
PUNE: The Satara district management in Maharashtra on Thursday demolished unauthorized buildings that stood on govt land across the tomb of Afzal Khan, a common of the Adil Shahi dynasty of Bijapur.
Khan was once killed via Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj on the foot of Pratapgad Castle within the district in November 1659.
Therefore, a tomb was once constructed on the spot.
The demolition was once performed as in step with the Top Court docket’s order, Maharashtra Deputy Leader Minister Devendra Fadnavis mentioned, including that it was once a “proud day”.
The demolition came about at the day Khan was once killed via the mythical Maratha king in 1659.
It’s seen as `Shivpratap Din’ via some organizations in Maharashtra.
The motion began within the early hours of Thursday amid heavy police safety and it nonetheless occurring, officers mentioned.
Satara collector Ruchesh Jaiwanshi instructed PTI that unauthorized buildings have been unfold over 15 to twenty gunthas of land (one guntha is the same as 1,089 sq. ft).
Some portion of the land belongs to the wooded area division whilst some parcels belong to the income division, he added.
“As of late is a proud day for everybody as nowadays is Shivpratap din. On nowadays, Afzal Khan was once killed via Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj,” deputy CM Fadnavis instructed Marathi newschannels in different places.
“In 2007, the court docket had ordered elimination of the encroachment. In 2017, we began the method however some criminal issues got here up,” he added.
“There have been calls for (of elimination of encroachment) from `Shiv-premise’ (Shivaji Maharaj’s fans) but if they staged protests, circumstances have been registered in opposition to them and the encroachment was once by no means got rid of. As of late, this is a subject of delight for everybody that all the encroachment has been got rid of,” Fadnavis mentioned.
PUNE: The Satara district management in Maharashtra on Thursday demolished unauthorized buildings that stood on govt land across the tomb of Afzal Khan, a common of the Adil Shahi dynasty of Bijapur.
Khan was once killed via Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj on the foot of Pratapgad Castle within the district in November 1659.
Therefore, a tomb was once constructed on the spot.
The demolition was once performed as in step with the Top Court docket’s order, Maharashtra Deputy Leader Minister Devendra Fadnavis mentioned, including that it was once a “proud day”.
The demolition came about at the day Khan was once killed via the mythical Maratha king in 1659.
It’s seen as `Shivpratap Din’ via some organizations in Maharashtra.
The motion began within the early hours of Thursday amid heavy police safety and it nonetheless occurring, officers mentioned.
Satara collector Ruchesh Jaiwanshi instructed PTI that unauthorized buildings have been unfold over 15 to twenty gunthas of land (one guntha is the same as 1,089 sq. ft).
Some portion of the land belongs to the wooded area division whilst some parcels belong to the income division, he added.
“As of late is a proud day for everybody as nowadays is Shivpratap din. On nowadays, Afzal Khan was once killed via Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj,” deputy CM Fadnavis instructed Marathi newschannels in different places.
“In 2007, the court docket had ordered elimination of the encroachment. In 2017, we began the method however some criminal issues got here up,” he added.
“There have been calls for (of elimination of encroachment) from `Shiv-premise’ (Shivaji Maharaj’s fans) but if they staged protests, circumstances have been registered in opposition to them and the encroachment was once by no means got rid of. As of late, this is a subject of delight for everybody that all the encroachment has been got rid of,” Fadnavis mentioned.