An illegal residential colony is coming up on state and saffron land in the Pampore area of Pulwama district. Locals alleged that the administration was hand in glove with the land mafia. Pampore residents said soil excavation was rampant in the saffron fields located in the periphery of the town. They alleged that the district administration was allowing vandalising of precious saffron land. They claimed that the land mafia was facilitating construction of residential houses on a huge chunk of state and saffron land. Any kind of construction on either…
