Poonch: Continuing the ongoing land eviction drive in District Poonch, the revenue authorities retrieved 8 kanal 5 marla State land including 3 Kanal commercial land valued approximately Rs 4.5 crores at main Bus Stand Mendhar.
This prime land has been encroached upon by the influential persons with tacit support of political persons. However people of Mender have been demanding vacation of this prime land from encroachments for the last so many years
During the anti-encroachment drive 8 permanent structures were also demolished by the authorities which were constructed on the same land. It is pertinent to mention that legal notices were already served to the encroachers to vacate the premises on their own before the demolition drive.
The Deputy Commissioner Poonch has given clear cut instructions to revenue authorities to remove encroachments under the principle of Non-discrimination and Uniformity. It has been made clear that the policy of Government shall be followed in letter and spirit while removing the encroachments from State and kahCharai land.
