Kathua Admin continues Anti-encroachment Drive

Kathua: Under the ongoing Anti-encroachment drive, District Administration Kathua on Saturday reclaimed over 546 Kanal illegally occupied State/Roshni land in the district.
The eviction drive was carried out jointly by Civil & Police administration in separate eviction drives held in different tehsils of the district.
The Revenue teams retrieved approximately 491 kanal, 19 Marlas State Land in block DingaAmb, 30 Kanal, 17 Marlas in Mahanpur, 14 Kanal, 01 Marla in Marheen and 09 kanal, 07 marlas in Basohli Tehsil respectively.
A piece of prime land of commercial category measuring 05 marlas was also recovered from a prominent politician during the eviction drive in Tehsil Billawar.
With the eviction, the total retrieval of state land in Kathua in different parts of 11 tehsils of Kathua district stands at 31683 kanal and 15 marlas, besides 1157 kanal and 14 marlas of kahcharie land.