Team Blitz India
NEW DELHI: The Uttarakhand Cabinet has given a nod to the Ordinance which aims to recover the damage of public property done during riots and protests from the rioters and those involved in the act. The Government has also formed a tribunal which will assess the loss for the recovery. The rioters will also have to pay a fine up to Rs 8 lakhs apart from the recovery amount which will be used to pay for the expenses incurred on Government staff and other work in riot control.
The Cabinet nod to Uttarakhand Public (Government) and Recovery of Damage to Private Property (Ordinance) Act 2024, came in less than a month after the violence that broke in Haldwani’s Banbhoolpura which left five dead and over 100 injured. The violence broke on February 8, after the civic body demolished an illegal madrasa and mazar, built on a Nazool land.
“With the aim of strictly curbing the cases of riots and unrest, the Cabinet has approved the constitution of a Special Tribunal. The damage caused to public property during the riots will be compensated by the rioters themselves.” Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami wrote on X.
