Excelsior Correspondent
UDHAMPUR, Dec 6: Forest Department has retrieved 5.53 kanals and 2.00 kanals of Forest land, which falls in Compartment number 65/U at Khairi and in Lansi Rakh, respectively, from the encroachers.
The area was got evicted from encroachers by dismantling one Kotha and removing brushwood fencing. The said land was illegally encroached by Mohd Latif, son of Abdul Rehman of Khaki and Maluk Chand son of Nasharu of Lansi, respectively.
The encroachment was removed by the Forest team, headed by Range Officer Udhampur with the assistance of Forest Field Staff under the direct supervision of Shaveta Jandial, Divisional Forest Officer Udhampur and guidance of B Mohan Dass, Conservator of Forests, East Circle,
According to Shaveta Jandial, all encroachment cases are being critically analyzed and action is being taken as per law so as to retrieve the Forest land from illegal occupation as part of anti-encroachment drive launched by Udhampur Forest Division.