Solan, May 16
Facing stiff opposition from villagers, officials of the Excise and Taxation Department have failed to erect a tax barrier at Ratiyor village falling under Dhabota panchayat in Nalagarh subdivision .
Though the officials, comprising AETC RD Janartha, tehsildaar RD Harnot, ETO Rajiv Sharma, and adequate policemen had descended at the site to put up the barrier, the villagers sat on a dharna on the road, making the officials to suspend the work.
Villagers say the barrier will create hassles for locals and their visiting relatives. They claim since no development has taken place in the area, they have only a few sources of livelihood. Once this barrier is allowed, more such barriers might be put up by the forest, transport and others departments, which would gradually put financial burden on them, they allege.
Though the officials tried to explain that the locals would be allowed free entry, the adamant villagers did not budge. Janartha said this was their fourth attempt to set up a barrier here, which had been auctioned for Rs 8 crore.
Since this route was a convenient option for tax evaders who used it quite often to evade tax, the department had for the first time included it in the list of barriers for the industrial area, he added.
It is worth mentioning that an earlier attempt of the officials to erect a barrier had also failed with the villagers attacking the staff. Police protection was then sought, but that too failed to help.
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