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Highway push engulfs farmers' land in IIOJK

Summary by The Express Tribune

Farmers in Indian-Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir say a major government infrastructure drive is taking their deeply cherished land, fearing it spearheads a push to "Hinduise" the disputed Muslim-majority territory. Musadiq Hussain said that police "destroyed" his rice crop when a large chunk of his smallholding was expropriated to make way for a four-lane, 60-kilometre (40-mile) highway around Srinagar. "It has affected my sense of who I a…

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Highway push engulfs farmers' land in IIOJK

4 days ago·Pakistan

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Malay Mail

Kashmir farmers decry land seizures for highways and railways in Modi’s development drive, fear push to ‘Hinduise’ region

SRINAGAR (India), Feb 18 — Farmers in Indian-administered Kashmir say a major government infrastructure drive is taking their deeply cherished land, fearing it spearheads a push to “Hinduise” the disputed Muslim-majority territory. Musadiq Hussain said that police “destroyed” his rice crop when a large chunk of his smallholding was expropriated to make way for a four-lane, 60-kilometre highway around the key city of Srinagar. “It has affected my…

4 days ago·Selangor, Malaysia

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India's infrastructure push engulfs Kashmir farmers' land

Farmers in Indian-administered Kashmir say a major government infrastructure drive is taking their deeply cherished land, fearing it spearheads a push to "Hinduise" the disputed Muslim-majority territory.

5 days ago

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