Visited France colony with @alia_amirali at the invitation of residents to inspect an awful act of classist vandalism where a nearby homeowner w/ help of CDA has partly demolished an entry/exit pathway of the abadi used for daily work & school commute, water collection & funerals 
The homeowner, a retired bureaucrat, had along with other neighbors filed a complaint with CDA's enforcement directorate about abadi residents' use of the path because it 'caused traffic'. Soon after, CDA complied, destroying the entry to the path & making it unsafe for use.
Incidentally, the homeowner had already started encroaching on the abadi's pathway years ago when he started building his house. Over time, he encroached over 2 kanals of public land beyond his own plot, making the abadi entrance narrower. Now he's almost destroyed it altogether.
This incident is yet another reminder of how the encroachments of the rich are far more destructive than the ones we're always bulldozing. The matter has been brought to the admin's attention & we're awaiting their response before taking the appropriate legal & political steps.
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