Kabul, Jan 24 :
Residents of Lashkar Gah, the capital of southern Helmand province, protested
against the confiscation of their lands, saying that local officials of Kariz
village had allowed illegal construction of a police building on their
land.
Police chief of Zone 707 Esmatullah Dawlatzai rejected the claims
saying that the building was being constructed on government land and that it
had been confirmed by a government committee.
"This is a government land
handed over to police command of Zone 707 by the province's properties
committee," Dawlatzai told TOLOnews. "What these people claim is
baseless."
One of protesting residents said, "According to the
constitution, no one, not even the government, has the right to arbitrarily ruin
somebody's personal property."
Dawlatzai added that there is more than
100 acres of land belonging to the government.
The construction work of
the command's facility will continue, he said, adding that once construction is
complete, the new quarters will resolve much of the issues that local command
has faced previously.
Ends
SA/EN
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