Lidder Forest Division,
Feroz Ahmad told Early Times that anti-encroachment drive was kick started last
month from Hapthnar village of Pahalgam and encroachments are being removed at
Batakoot Pahlagam.
Batakoot village
falls in jurisdiction of Range Pahalgam of Lidder Forest Division.
"240 Kanals of forest land was retrieved back in
compartment 31 of Pahalgam range and 9 Kothas and structures raised illegally
on forest were demolished," he said.
Earlier, the department has booked several offenders for
attempting to grab forest land by raising constructions over it particularly at
Pahalgam.
Important to mention, Department has admitted in assembly
last year that at least 33 hectors of land has been encroached illegally at
Pahalgam in South Kashmir's Anantnag.
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