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Loss due to Gujjar agitation

Jaipur, Thu, 12 Jun 2008 M Shamsur Rabb Khan

As the Gujjar agitation seems not to die down due to fresh threat from Col. Bainsala to intensify the stir unless the 24 women arrested in Bandikui district were denied bail, the losses – both economic and movement of the people – incurred are already touching the sky. The women, who were involved in blocking the railway track near Bandikui, were booked under the Railway Protection of Property Act, National Security Act and under IPC 307.

Hope came alive three days ago when both the government and the agitators seem to agree for a peaceful settlement of the issue. However, Bainsala has once again threatened to continue with the agitation till the community’s demands are met, which also include arrested women’s release. Gujjars seems in no mood to accept anything less than a concrete recommendation letter by the Rajasthan government accepting their demands.

Two weeks of Gujjar stir have resulted into huge economic loss apart from over 40 human lives that have been lost due the police bullets. While India Inc. lost Rs. 50 billion, Indian Railway suffered Rs. 29.6 million till May 29, according to Northern Railway spokesperson.

The loss does not include the inconvenience caused to passengers who were stranded at stations and disruption to goods transport, according to V N Dhoot, president, Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry (ASSOCAHM). The losses are in addition to the physical damage to train tracks because of the stir called by the Gujjars to demand Scheduled Tribe status in Rajasthan.

A 2-km stretch of railway line in Pilupura near Bayana under Kota division of West Central Railway (WCR) has been badly damaged by the agitators, which would take a long time for the railway authorities to fix the track and set the rail traffic back to normal.

Normal life came to halt owing to as many as 75 trains, including Rajdhanis and Shatabdis from New Delhi remained cancelled on Delhi-Mumbai route. Passengers, tourists and office goers had had tough time, as the agitators continued to capture the railway tracks at Bayana and Bandikui and refused to back down from its agitation unless their demands were met. All appeals from the Rajasthan government were turned down. An estimated 40,000 passengers were stranded at railway stations in Jaipur, Delhi and Agra. Till May 29, refunds were made to about 37,000 people. The NWR suffered Rs. 15 million per day due to container trains stranded at Jaipur.

According to members of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), the ongoing agitation has also inconvenienced industrial establishments, mainly in the areas bordering the national capital and Rajasthan.

A year ago, Gujjars in Rajasthan fought police and members of another caste, e.g. Meenas that already qualifies for job quotas. At least 26 people were killed in that violence.

In response, the Rajasthan government constituted Chopra Committee to look into the demands of the community for Scheduled Tribe (ST) status. Though the Committee rejected the demand by Gujjars in Rajasthan for ST status, it acknowledged the fact that there is need to review the criteria used to determine a group’s ‘tribal’ status. However, the Rajasthan government’s response to the Committee’s recommendations has been lackluster. The Committee also suggested a special package to the Gujjar community living in under-developed and remote areas of Rajasthan

Reservation or special status has always been a contentious issue in India. We have seen much of the stirs and losses due to Mandal Commission (1979) or recent 27 percent reservation for OBC in higher institutions. Interestingly, while talking to NDTV correspondent right in the middle of the railway track, Col. Bainsala asked for a 10-year ST status for the Gujjar community. During that period, as he thinks, the community would be able to compensate for the backwardness losses that currently it has been suffering from, and this is not a big ask.

In the tussle between the Gujjar community and the Rajasthan government, the people are made to suffer apart from normal economic and business activities that remained badly affected. National property is also targeted by the agitators. While the Raje government does not seem to extend the desired demands of the Gujjar community and the Gujjar community too seems to intensify the stir, the economic losses would no doubt increase every day.


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Ch. Muhammad Ashraf Gujjar

July 24, 2008 at 12:00 AM

Gujar Places In Pakistan

The thousands of places were named after the Gujjars and their sub-tribes in the Sub-Continent during the period they ruled over the South and some part of Central Asia. In these days an interesting discussion is going on as to who the Gujjars or Gurjars are? I am mentioning the name of some places situated in all the four provinces of Pakistan. This do not include the villages named after the Gujjars situated in Jammu & Kashmir, Northern Areas and the Tribal Areas. I will updating the visitors of this site after I complete the data in respect of these areas. I will also try my best some time later to provide the name of villages after the sub-tribes of Gujjars. The following data will help the analysts and historians to draw some befitting and logical conclusion.
I will be highly obliged if any brethren may add to my knowledge by mentioning such places named after the word Gujar, Gujjar or Gurjar, situated in India or any other part of the world. Kindly forward this despatch to other sites discussing the Gujjar?s dilema.
Regards

Ch. Muhammad Ashraf Gujjar,
Advocate High Court,
Islamabad (Pakistan)
m_ashraf777@hotmail.com

P U N J A B PROVINCE:

DERA GHAZI KHAN DISTRICT
THOKH GUJRI

LAYYAH DISTRICT
GUJRAT

MUZAFFARGARH DISTRICT
GUJARWALA

RAJANPUR DISTRICT
KOTLA GOJAR
GUJAR WALI

FAISALABAD DISTRICT
CHAK 217/GB GUJJAR PIND
CHAK 176/GB PALA GOJRA

JHANG DISTRICT
JAT GUJJAR

TOBA TEK SINGH DISTRICT
GOJRA TEHSIL

GUJRANWALA DISTRICT
KOTLI GUJRAN

GUJRAT DISTRICT
GUJARPUR
DHOK GUJRAN
GUJJAR KOTLA
KULEWAL GUJRAN
KHANPUR GUJRAN

HAFIZABAD DISTRICT
GUJRANWALI
GUJAR KE

MANDI BAHAUDDIN DISTRICT
GOJRA

NAROWAL DISTRICT
GUJAR WALI
BHABRA GUJRAN
BERA GUJRAN
KHANPUR GUJRAN
CHHANI GUJRAN
DEHLA GUJRAN
PAILA GUJRAN
GUJAR TOOR
HAJI PUR GUJRAN
DARYA GUJRAN
KOTLI GUJRAN
BADALA GUJRAN
NIKI GUJRAN
JHOMIAN GUJRAN
GUJRAT
NADALA GUJRAN
BALA GUJRAN
BHERON CHAK GUJRAN
TEHRA GUJRAN

SIALKOT DISTRICT
GUJARKE
GOJRA
GUJAR KALLA
GUJAR GORAYA
GUJRAL
GUJRAN WALA

KASUR DISTRICT
GURJKE

LAHORE DISTRICT
NAWAN PIND GUJRAN
HANDU GUJAR
QILA GUJAR SINGH
WARRA GUJARAN

OKARA DISTRICT
GHOUS PUR GUJJRAN

SHEIKHUPURA DISTRICT
GUJAR PURA
MAHMOON GUJAR
KALA GUJAR
KOTLI GUJRAN
RATTA GUJRAN

VEHARI DISTRICT
GUJAR

ATTOCK DISTRICT
THATTI GUJRAN
DHOK GUJAR

CHAKWAL DISTRICT
BHATTI GUJAR
MOHRA GUJRAN
PINDI GUJRAN

JHELUM DISTRICT
WARA GUJRAN
GUJER PUR
KALA GUJRAN
THATHI GUJRAN
GUJJAR
GUJAR KATARIAN

RAWALPINDI DISTRICT
GUJAR KHAN TEHSIL
GOJRA
MATUA GUJAR
DHANGDEW GUJAR MAL
JAND GUJAR
GURAH GUJARAN
PHAMRA GUJRAN
KALA GUJRAN
BHANGALI GUJAR
ARAZI GUJRAL
DHOK GUJRI
BHADANA GUJRAN
DANDI GUJRAN
KHURAM GUJAR

MIANWALI DISTRICT
GUJRAN WALA
GUJRAT

KHUSHAB DISTRICT
GUJRANWALA


North Western Frontier Province(N. W. F. P.)

D. I. KHAN DISTRICT
GUJRAT
ABBOTTABAD DISTRICT
MASAH GUJRI
GUJRI
BAIN GUJRI
HARIPUR DISTRICT
PIND GUJRAN
MOHRRA GUJAR
KOHISTAN DISTRICT
GUJJAR BANDA
GUJARYBAKE
GUJAR KHEL
GUJAR BANDA
GUJAR BANDA
MANSEHRA DISTRICT
GUJRAN
GUJRA
GUJRAN DE GAL
LOWER DIR DISTRICT
GUJAR KALAI
GUJAR ABAD
UPPER DIR DISTRICT
GUJARA KILI
GUJAR LALA
MALA-GUJAR
MARDAN DISTRICT
GUJRAT
GUJAR GARHI
Mohalla GUJARAN
Bakhshali
PESHAWAR DISTRICT
CHOUHA GUJAR
MIAN GUJAR


S I N D PROVINCE

KARACHI DISTRICT GUJAR CHOWK,
Manzoor Colony
Gujjar Nallah

BADIN DISTRICT
GUJRI
LARKANA DISTRICT
GUJHAR
SANGHAR DISTRICT
GUJRO
GUJHERAN
GUJHRO
SUKKUR DISTRICT
GUJRO

B A L U C H I S T A N PROVINCE

AWARAN DISTRICT
GUJARO
KHUZDAR DISTRICT
GUJAAR
BOLAN DISTRICT
GUJAR
PISHIN DISTRICT
GUJIR
DERA BUGTI DISTRICT
GUJRO
ZHOB DISTRICT
GURJE ZAI

ISLAMABAD CAPITAL TERRITORY (I.C.T.)

KANGOTA GUJRAN
DERA GUJARAN (SECTOR G-10)
GOHRRA GUJARAN
MARRI GUJAR, TALHARR.



 

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