Staff Reporter
The developers of a housing society at Sahala, some 34 kilometers off here have started grabbing more than two hundred feet wide chunk of vast Government land in the Sowan River bed, adjoining to the society by erecting fortified strong retainer walls in the mid of the river, the residents informed this scribe.
This area was the part of bed of Sowan River spread over many acres but the builders of the housing scheme annexed it to extend the limits of their housing project, the residents also showed couple of pictures showing the development work of the society in the river bed. Opposite to this housing society across the river is situated along the farm houses of the Capital Development Authority (CDA).
The developers are using heavy machinery for excavation and earth filling alongside the newly constructed embankments, the residents claimed. The bed of the river has now shrunk to half virtually blocking the course of the river, which will have disastrous ecological affects on the farms houses located on the other side of the bank. Besides damages the building of the farms especially in flood seasons.
The farm houses situated on the bank of Sowan River opposite the site/office of the housing society would be affected worse, one of the residents said.
