Ganderbal, Feb 06: As part of the ongoing anti-encroachment drive, the Ganderbal administration on Monday retrieved over 66 kanals of illegally occupied State/Kahcharai land in the district. The eviction drive was carried out jointly by the civil and police administration in separate eviction drives held in different tehsils.
The revenue teams have retrieved approximately 18,702 kanals of illegally occupied government land by various land grabbers till date which include 393 kanals of land from influential persons.
During Monday’s eviction drive, the total retrieved state land in various tehsils of Ganderbal stands at 58 kanals which includes 35 kanals from influential persons. Eight kanals of Kahcharai land were also retrieved which were occupied by influential persons.
During the anti-encroachment drive, the JCB machines were deployed to dismantle the boundary walls and other structures erected illegally on government land. Notice boards indicating the status of the land, survey number, location, etc were installed on the site.
Meanwhile, in the estate Wussan Kangan, the revenue authorities on Monday retrieved 38 kanals and 08 malras of encroached State and Kahcharai land from influential persons including businessman and top government officers and officials. Most of the retrieved land in the estate Wussan has been handed over to the Horticulture Department for the development of orchards.
With regard to the ongoing anti-encroachment drives undertaken in Ganderbal, it has been assured by the district administration that common masses and poor people will not be touched and only those who have illegally occupied the government land by using their positions will be dealt with strictly. The administration also said that the retrieved land will be used exclusively for projects and programmes of public importance.
