Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, June 15: Gujjars have encroached upon 536 kanals of State Industrial Development Corporation (SIDCO) land in Industrial area at Lasipora in district Pulwama.
The land measuring 536 kanals have been encroached by the displaced Gujjars at Industrial area Lasipora Pulwama. Reports said that they were allotted 100 kanals of land by the Government in 1990’s but they have illegally encroached 536 kanals of land.
Reports said that they are being shielded by the politicians and efforts by administration to retrieve the land has failed from time to time.
The SIDCO higher ups have already informed the Deputy Commissioner and Divisional Commissioner Kashmir about the matter and sought their interference in retrieving the land.