Srinagar, Aug 3 (GNS): Revenue department officials in a drive with police have freed nearly twenty-five kanals of encroached upon state land in Divar Yakhmanpora in Pattan in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district in last two days.
Detailing out about the drive, an official told GNS that land measuring 19 kanals under survey No. 1639 and 6 kanals 4 Marlas under survey No. 787 were retrieved by a joint team of officials.
The encroachers, he said, have also constructed a building on encroached land and sublet that building to some other institution and were receiving rent from that institution.
Maintaining that the encroachers were served notice vide No. TS/OQ/2020-21/719 dated 31-03-2021 for removal of encroachment on their own, the official said that however the encroachers failed to remove the encroachment prompting the revenue department for removal of the encroachment under relevant provisions of law. (GNS)
