Kathua: On the directions of Deputy Commissioner, Kathua Rahul Pandey, the teams of Revenue and Police department conducted a series of anti-encroachment drives at different locations of the district Wednesday to reclaim land from illegal encroachers.
During the day-long eviction drive, the district administration reclaimed a total of 1073 Kanal, 16 Marlas of state land. The drive also exposed some government officials involved in encouraging encroachment.
The state land retrieved includes 635 Kanal 13 Marlas in Hiranagar, 136 kanal, 07 marals in Marheen, 110 kanal in DingaAmb, 60 kanal in Basohli, 29 Kanal, 29 Marlas in LohaiMalhar, 07 Kanal, 07 Marlas in Mahanpur and 05 Kanal in Nagri Parole.
The retrieval includes 39 kanal, 16 marlas prime land worth Rs 37 Cr 16 Lacs in Kathua tehsil, 26 Kanal , 14 marlas land in Jagatpur, 04 Kanal, 09 Marla in Changran, 04 Kanal in ChakMunsifdar, 04 Kanal in MuthiRakwalan, 14 marlas of land in ChakSehzada and 10 marlas of land in Logate by the teams of district administration.
The high value chunk of 49 kanal, 14 marals State land worth Rs 1.28 Cr. was also retrieved in Ramkot during the daylong eviction drive.
The district administration is continuing its efforts to take stern action against all the illegal occupants.
