Theft of antiquities reach its peak in city of Aqtar

Muzaffarabad, (Liaquat Bashir Farooqi) : The theft of antiquities has reached its peak in the city of Aqtar, the ancient stairs from Geelani Chowk to Madina Market have been used as a source of income, and the use of inferior materials has been used to pick up the ancient art of construction built with historical and precious stones. While doing this, even the structure of the stairs has been changed and placed, the historical stone that was used in the construction of the stairs has gone where, who took it, and the civil society has raised questions, on the other hand, due to the slope, rainwater and other streets are coming from the neighborhood. The water started to enter the nearby shops, the traders will be in severe agony, demand to stop using stone in the construction of ancient stairs and to keep the slope in a better way, besides using poor material. Details According to Muzaffarabad, the most busy business center in the capital, Madinah Market, the stairs leading from Gilani Chowk to the use of highly precious stone, which was called Shehkar in architecture, is in a dilapidated state due to the indifference of the government and institutions. In the past, the contracts for the construction of these stairs were awarded many times It will be given to Farad, who increased his bank balance by building these stairs, but due to poor construction materials, these ancient stairs could not maintain their usefulness and were subject to destruction again and again. Contracts were given for their construction, thus these stairs lost their original shape. The hand of the mafia is controlled and only to steal this stone, contracts are given for the construction of these stairs every day so that the missing stone can also disappear. An investigation committee should be formed to find out where the stones that were installed in these steps went.