150 kanals of land retrieved in Budgam

Budgam, Jan18: The revenue authorities on Wednesday conducted an anti-encroachment drive and retrieved 150 kanals of state land at Wanihuma and Cheki Dewan villages of the Beerwah tehsil in central Kashmir’s Budgam district.
An official from the tehsil office Beerwah told the Rising Kashmir that the drive was conducted under the supervision of Tehsildar Beerwah Haroon Rashid along with the other revenue officials in these two villages.
“During this drive, 150 kanals of land were retrieved in the Wanihuma and Checki-Devan villages,” an official said.
He said the land was evicted and all illegal encroachments were removed from the retrieved land adding that the drive will continue across the Beerwah tehsil as the government has already passed the directions to remove all the encroachments upon the state land till the end of January 31.