510 kanals of prime land retrieved near Samba town

A JCB demolishing illegal structures on State land in Samba on Tuesday. -Excelsior/Badyal
A JCB demolishing illegal structures on State land in Samba on Tuesday. -Excelsior/Badyal

Excelsior Correspondent

SAMBA, Sept 1: District administration Samba today retrieved 510 kanals of State land grabbed by the land mafia at a prime location near the Samba town during an anti encroachment drive launched by it along with police.
During the drive all multiple concrete structures besides, khulas, boundary walls, sheds, pavements raised on the land by the mafia were demolished with the help of two JCBs which were pressed into the service.

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According to the report, during the anti-encroachment drive Deputy Commissioner, Samba Rohit Khajuria, personally oversaw the complete demolition operation and ensured that proper boundary fencing and demarcation of State is land is carried out..
Giving details on the anti encroachment drive it was informed that the State land bearing Khasra No. 44, measuring 510 Kanals at the heart of the Samba town (Arazi, Samba) was illegally encroached upon by the land grabbers and in addition to the concrete structures on the State land, the land grabbers were also cultivating seasonal crops through daily labourers. The stamp duty rate of the said land is said to be 7.50 lacs per kanals.
After the necessary anti-encroachment drive the complete State land on Khasra. No. 44 was demarcated and a sign board of ‘State Land’ was also installed at the site.
Jitender Mishra, Assistant Commissioner, Revenue, Ram Pal Tehsildar Samba, Saudagar Mal Naib tehsildar Samba, Balbir Singh S.I J&K Police besides other staff of revenue and police were present during the drive.
An official spokesman said that the land was encroached by a mafia group of 10 persons and a case has been registered against them under relevant sections of the law.
It may be recalled that District administration Samba has tightened its noose on land mafia in the district and retrieved a large number of State, forest and private land grabbed by the mafia including highly influential people in the district. DC Samba, Rohit Khajuria has warned all the people who have encroached the State and Forest land in the district to vacate the encroachments immediately failing which legal action will be taken against them under law.

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