1/20/2017
Nitesh
Sangral
Early
Times Report
Jammu,
Jan 20: Notwithstanding the claims of State Government of retrieving forest
land under the control of influential land grabbers, politicians and others , a
reply filed by the government in the Upper House reveals that 12,919.1 hectares
of forest land encroached in the state in which 9274.12 hectares is in Jammu
province and the remaining 3644.89 hectares forest land is the Kashmir
province.
Minister
in-charge Forest, Environment and Ecology informed through a written reply to
BJP MLC Surinder Mohan Ambardar question in Legislative Council that total
12,919 hectares of forest land encroached throughout the state till April 1,
2015 and only 2,501.5 hectares of land had been retrieved during last 2 years
out of the old recorded encroachments. In addition unrecorded/ fresh attempts
of encroachment to the tune of 2977.35 have been evicted till December 31,
2016.
The
reply revealed that of 12,919 hectares of forest land encroached in the state,
9274.12 hectares is in Jammu province and the remaining 3644.89 hectares
encroached forest land is the Kashmir province.
Data
puts the Rajouri district of Jammu province on top having the highest number of
forest land under encroachment at 2522.50 hectares and 362.06 hectares have
been retrieved from the possession of encroachers for last 2 years (ending of
December 31, 2016); followed by Ramban where 2166.35 hectares of forest land is
under encroachment of which only 246.20 hectares have been retrieved.
In Poonch
district, 1788.30 hectares of forest land is under encroachment, while as only
289 hectares have been retrieved in last 2 years. In Kashmir province, 1353.62
hectares of forest land encroached and only 51 hectares land have been
retrieved so far and following by Shopian district where 557.96 hectares forest
land encroached and 95.25 hectares have been retrieved.
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