The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted the Indian Railways authorities and Uttarakhand government eight weeks' time to work out a solution in relation to the rehabilitation of the people who were asked to vacate the encroachments from railway land in Banbhoolpura area of Haldwani.
Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami is holding a review meeting and discussion on development works with key officials of Nainital district at Haldwani Circuit House.
He has been arrested from the Haldwani jail in Uttarakhand and was brought to Delhi on transit remand. He was presented in court after which he was sent to four-day custody.
The revelations come ahead of the Republic Day celebrations in India. Delhi Police has now launched a search for at least four people suspected to be part of the terror conspiracy in which gangsters planned "targeted killings" of certain political leaders through two criminals - Naushad a
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Thursday said that the government had already made it clear that it will work in accordance with court orders in the case related to encroachments near Haldwani railway station in the state.
All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday appreciated the Supreme Court ruling that stayed the demolition of encroachments in Uttarakhand's Haldwani and said that "regularisation" is the only solution to the issue.
People gathered outside the Gaffran mosque in the Banbhoolpura area of Haldwani as the Supreme Court gave its verdict of a stay order against the high court's order to remove the encroachments in Haldwani. The people expressed their relief and happiness after the top court's order.
"There cannot be uprooting of 50,000 people overnight," said the bench, adding that there has to be segregation of people who have no right on the land and the need for rehabilitation while recognising the need for railways.
"We've said earlier also that it is a railway land. We will proceed as per the court's order," said Dhami today reacting to apex court's putting a stay on the High Court's order to remove encroachments from railway land in Haldwani's Banbhoolpura area.
National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) on Wednesday sent a notice to the District Magistrate of Nanital for allegedly using minor children in illegal protests and orders to submit a report after a thorough investigation to the commission within seven days.