Jammu May 13: President Durga Nag Trust Vijay Bakaya has refuted reports of selling any land belonging to the Trust to any one and cautioned against getting swayed by falsehood.
Quoting Trust President Vijay Bakaya, a spokesman of Durga Nag Trust said in a statement that the present teams of trustees were fully devoted to welfare of trust and preservation of its property for posterity. He expressed dismay over what he called the “canards spread by vested interests in this regard” and said that some people are trying to tarnish the image of trust for their vested interests.
Bakaya while refuting charges of selling trust land to the Tramboos for construction of Hospital clarified that the said land has been leased out nor sold to the Shri Trith Ram Amla in 1983, by the then management headed by Shri Sham Lal Saraf his successor leases have established a company by the name of MIS Equinox Real Estate Pvt Ltd.
In 2010, a new lease was executed with them for 20 years, extendable by another 20 years. In 2013 12014 this Shri Mohammed Shafi Tramboo was included as a Director in the company on payment of the required fee to the trust and soon after he took over the company. This Equinox Real Estate Pvt Ltd have constructed a hospital on this land and given the management to the chain of Paras hospital who have made it functional.
Shri Bakaya cautioned people against falsehood being spread by vested interests, and asserted that the ownership.of leased land vests with the Durga Nag Trust and there has been no sale.”
Bakaya said trust has “taken various measures for safe guarding property of Durga Nag and said that renovation of Holy DurgaNag Shrine was got done under smart city project by the trust after approaching concerned authorities.”