Excelsior Correspondent
Akhnoor, July 10: The Forest Department today got vacated 95 kanals of forest land during an anti-encroachment drive in Pangari area of Akhnoor tehsils.
The drive was carried by a team constituted by Divisional Forest Officer Jammu Dr V S Senthil Kumar. The team led by Sham Lal, Range Officer Kalidhar visited 24/K compartment at village Pangari tehsil Akhnoor and removed the encroachment.
The staff of Forest Department faced stiff resistance however it succeeded in retrieving 95 kanal of forests land from the possession of 18 encroachers.
The team dismantled boundary walls and removed the brush wood fencing put up by the encroachers Kunj Lal (16 Kanals), Banka Ram (3 kanal), Sansar Chand (2 kanal), Bansi Lal (2 kanal), Dharm Chand (6 kanal), Jalla Ram, (04 kanal), Ashok Kumar, (03 kanal), Bishambar Dass, (02 kanal), Faiza Ram, (05 kanal), Goshan Ram, (18 kanal), Thoru Ram, (2 kanal), Hans Raj, (2 kanal), Nand Lal (6 kanal), Nathu Ram, (6 kanal), Munshi Ram, (7 kanal), Puran Chand(4 kanals), Hans Raj, (2 kanal) and Giadu Ram (5 kanal).
The Divisional Forest Officer Jammu has directed the field staff to repair the fencing in the locality so that the encroachment attempts are prevented in future.
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