290 Kanal retrieved in Jammu, 1,841 Kanal in Kathua, 1294 Kanal in Ramban
STATE TIMES NEWS
SAMBA: Continuing the anti-encroachment drive, district administration Samba on Thursday retrieved 5 kanal and 13 marla prime land in Bari-Brahmana near Industrial Estate, having market value worth crores.
The revenue officers informed that the anti-encroachment drive was carried to reclaim state land in possession of a former bureaucrat and wife of a retired Executive Engineer.
During the anti-encroachment drive JCB machines were deployed to dismantle the boundary walls and other RCC structures erected on the site.
Encroached land retrieved from kin of Ex-Forest Minister at Qazigund
ANANTNAG: Continuing the anti encroachment drive against influential encroachers, revenue officials of Tehsil Qazigund on Thursday, acting decisively, retrieved encroached land from kin of former Forest Minister and Senior NC Leader, Peerzada Ghulam Ahmad Shah.
The land, measuring 1 kanal and 18 marlas is registered as Kahcharai in Estate Kurigam of Tehsil Qazigund. As per revenue officials, the land was encroached by a kin of senior National Conference leader and Ex Minister Peerzada Ghulam Ahmad Shah.
This piece of land, valuing more than Rs 1 crore, had been encroached upon and now retrieved from clutches of influential land grabbers.
The land was retrieved and notice boards indicating the status of land as state property was installed on the site.
As per the concerned authorities several influential encroachers have been identified and the drive will continue to reclaim the occupied land.
Meanwhile, in continuation to the anti-encroachment drive to free state land, the District Administration Jammu retrieved around 290 Kanal land during eviction drives conducted in different parts of the district.
Around 200 Kanal kahcharai land was retrieved in village Thalwal while one structure/farm house and plinths constructed on the land were also destroyed during the eviction drive.
In another eviction drive, a team of revenue officers along with police retrieved 133 Kanal 8 Marla prime state land in village Dungian Tehsil Bahu. The sign board with regard to this plot being state land was also installed by concerned officials in presence of police.
Similarly, state land measuring 47 kanal 8 Marla was evicted at Village Dhok Khalsa, Tehsil Jourian from the encroachers.
In another anti encroachment drive, district administration retrieved prime state land, measuring 8 Kanal in village Mishriwala which is close to Jammu- Akhnoor highway road.
In a related development, Tht District Administration Kathua also launched a massive anti-encroachment drive to reclaim illegally encroached land including high value land during day long action in different parts of the district.
The revenue authorities along with the police have been conducting the eviction drives in various parts of the district and have already ousted several encroachers from the land.
During the day-long drive conducted today, a quantum of 1841 kanal and 04 Marla land was reclaimed which includes State/ Roshni land authorities who have identified and ousted illegal encroachers besides demolishing illegal constructions made on these lands.
The State land retrieved includes 858 Kanal 13 Marlas in Hiranagar, 604 kanal, 17 marlas in Marheen, 180 kanals, 05 marlas in Dinga Amb, 111 kanals, 19 marlas in Basohli, 27 Kanal, 08 Marlas in Lohai Malhar, 09 Kanals, 04 Marlas in Mahanpur, 52 Kanals, and 10 Marlas in Nagri Parole.
A land chunk of 10 Kanals of Kacharie land was also recovered by Revenue authorities in Tehsil Kathua.
Appositely, the District Administration under its resolve to reclaim the encroached land from the clutches of land grabbers is determined and marching ahead in consonance with the object of the government to reclaim all the state land.
Meanwhile, the district administration Ramban, continuing anti-encroachment drive, has retrieved more than 1294 Kanal encroached State land across eight Tehsils of the district.
In a joint anti encroachment, a team led by Tehsildar retrieved 445 Kanal state-land in Tehsil Banihal, besides demolishing illegal structures.
Similarly, Revenue officers retrieved 305 Kanal state land in tehsil Ramban during a joint anti encroachment drive with Police.
Likewise, 138 Kanal State land worth crores was retrieved in Khari, 79 Kanal in Ramsoo and 76 Kanal in Batote.