'Illegal' mazars in Uttarakhand to be demolished: CM Dhami

Dehradun: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Friday said the authorities would demolish mazars that have come up on illegally-occupied land.

"We will demolish illegal mazars in Uttarakhand. This is a new Uttarakhand. No one should even think about encroaching on land here, let alone doing it," Dhami said in a tweet.

देवभूमि उत्तराखंड में करेंगे अवैध मजारों को ध्वस्त।

ये नया उत्तराखण्ड है यहां अतिक्रमण करना तो दूर इसके बारे में अब कोई सोचे भी ना।@narendramodi@JPNadda@AmitShah @rajnathsingh@dushyanttgautam@BJP4India pic.twitter.com/jRe6VrD6dP

— Pushkar Singh Dhami (@pushkardhami) April 7, 2023

Later, speaking at an event in Nainital's Kaladhungi, Dhami said the authorities had identified over a thousand illegal structures erected in the name of mazars and others.

"We are not against anyone. But encroachments in the name of mazars or anything else will not be allowed. We will not let 'land jihad' prosper.

"We believe in the law. We will not allow anyone's appeasement," Dhami said.