The Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, Baseer Ahmad Khan, Monday directed all Deputy Commissioners to launch a crusade against encroachers and illegal occupants on state and kahcharai land across the division.
Khan also directed them to book encroachers under relevantsections of law.
“All Deputy Commissioners were directed to start intenseanti-encroachment drives across all the Tehsils on a daily basis to ensure thatencroachment on roads, National Highway (NH), state and kahcharai lands areremoved immediately. They were also asked to send a daily report to theDivisional Commissioner’s office for further course of necessary action,” thespokesperson said.
The government has so far retrieved 78937 kanals ofkahcharai and 48896 kanals of state land from illegal occupants, he said.