1,156 BIGHAS OF LAND SEIZED

1,156 BIGHAS OF LAND SEIZED

13-NOV-ENG 4

RAJIV NAYAN AGRAWAL

ARA-------------------A meeting was held at the Barhara Circle Office to address the long-standing land dispute along the Bihar-Uttar Pradesh border, specifically concerning the villages of Sohra, Tribhuani, and Padminiya.

The meeting was attended by SDPO-II Ranjeet Kumar Singh, Circle Officer Anshu Prasoon, and Krishnagarh Station House Officer (SHO) Roshan Kumar, who engaged in detailed discussions with farmers from the three villages.

Deliberations focused on preparing the necessary documentation to transfer the land records of farmers in the *mauzas* (revenue villages) of Mandrauli Kans alias Tribhuani and Mohanpur—which are being shifted from Bihar to Uttar Pradesh following the recommendations of the Trivedi Commission—to the District Magistrate of Ballia, Uttar Pradesh.

To maintain peace and order pending a resolution to the land dispute among Sohra, Tribhuani, and Padminiya, the administration has seized 1,156 *bighas* of land—comprising the area historically known as Padminiya and currently designated as *mauza* Sohra—until the matter is settled.

Additionally, directives were issued to seize the southern portion of *mauza* Sohra.

Participants in the meeting included farmers from Tribhuani village—Daya Shankar Singh (also the convener of the Bharatiya Kisan Sangh, Bhojpur), Harimohan Singh, and Dharmendra Singh; from Sohra village—Pawan Singh, Satyendra Singh, Dhananjay Singh, and Manoj Singh; and from Padminiya village—Genda Yadav and Dashrath Yadav, among others.

The series of administrative meetings has raised hopes for a permanent resolution to the border and land disputes.