Yarkand Sarai: Authorities ask 50 families living in area to vacate within 7 days

t least 50 families living at Yarkand Sarai in the Safa Kadal area here have been asked to vacate the building within seven days According to news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), the administration has issued a notice to the dwellers living at Yarkand Sarai at Safa Kadal, asking them to vacate the building within seven days.

As per the notice issued by Executive Magistrate 1st Class, Tehsildar South Srinagar, the families are living there “illegally, and if they don’t vacate from the Sarai within the set time frame, legal action would be initiated against them as warranted under the law.”

Abdul Rashid, an elderly person, presently living at Sarai said that “it has been almost 66 years that their families are living here.”

“At present, 50 families living here would become homeless if we are forced to vacate the building,” he said.

“If the government needs this building for some other purpose, the authorities should make some alternative arrangements for the families,” he added.

Meanwhile, Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, PK Pole said that the building has been declared unsafe while the lease granted to them for 12 years has also come to an end.

After serving notice, if the families have some queries or want the support from administration, they should turn up with their grievances, which would be looked into,” he added.