Anti-encroachment drive carried out on 16 acres of land on outskirts of Jammu

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The medication connected Friday(November 21, 2025) undertook a massive anti-encroachment drive connected implicit 16 acres of premier onshore worthy crores of rupees successful the outskirts of Jammu city, officials said.

“Over 10 structures person been demolished truthful acold by the medication amid dense information measures,” officials said.

“Taking enactment against the monolithic encroachments of premier onshore belonging to the State and Jammu Development Authority (JDA), men and machines of the gross department, aided by a ample fig of constabulary and Central Paramilitary Forces, launched a thrust to escaped 130 kanals of encroached onshore successful the Sikanderpur country of Bishnah Tehsil,” officials added.

The estimated outgo of the onshore is valued betwixt ₹50 and ₹60 crore. “The retrieved land, falling nether Khasra Nos 308, 389, and 2206, had been nether amerciable concern for a agelong period, with respective unlawful structures raised by onshore encroachers, including individuals booked nether the NDPS Act,” officials said.

“The thrust was carried retired connected the directions of District Magistrate Jammu, Dr. Rakesh Minhas, successful coordination with Senior Superintendent of Police Jammu, Joginder Singh. So far, implicit 15 structures person been demolished arsenic the thrust is underway,” they said.

The constabulary and gross agencies are investigating however definite individuals are being utilized to drawback onshore and past merchantability it to radical coming from extracurricular Jammu, resulting successful amerciable colonies connected authorities land.

Additionally, authorities are contemplating that each houses and buildings constructed connected State and JDA onshore without gathering permissions volition not person powerfulness and h2o connections, too different authorities facilities.

The Jammu territory is facing large encroachments of its State and JDA onshore worthy crores of rupees, measuring implicit 10,000 kanals. Over the past fewer months, the JDA and the medication person launched monolithic anti-encroachment drives to retrieve their onshore successful Jammu city.

Published - November 21, 2025 02:10 p.m. IST

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