Overview
- The Bahu tehsildar on October 9 directed the Power Development and Public Health Engineering departments to disconnect utilities to plots near Nideesh Enclave after a Residents’ Welfare Association complaint.
- By October 22, media reported that power and water were snapped at shanties sheltering about 25 to 30 Rohingya residents in the Bahu area of Channi Rama.
- A senior PHE official said the water line was not cut because it is legally registered to the plot owner, who is reported to be a resident of Rajouri.
- Some Rohingya residents showed UNHCR refugee cards and said they pay rent at the site and lost services a few days earlier.
- The action reflects an ongoing pattern, including a December 2024 order to cut utilities at Rohingya sites and a 2021 verification drive that moved over 270 people to a holding centre, with official data counting more than 13,700 foreign nationals in J&K.