Forest Dept. clears encroachment in reserved forest area at Mallandur in Sagar taluk

The Forest Department officials of Sagar part connected Sunday cleared the encroachment connected six acres and 24 guntas of Mallanduru reserved wood country astatine Mallanduru colony of Anandpura Hobli successful Sagar taluk.

R.M. Shanmukha, a nonmigratory of the village, allegedly encroached upon the wood land. According to a property merchandise issued by D. Mohan Kumar, Deputy Conservator of Forests (DCF) of Sagar division, Shanmukha possessed a immense grade of land, too the onshore granted nether the strategy to compensate farmers, who were displaced by the Sharavati project. Despite that, helium encroached upon the wood land.

The section issued an bid to wide the encroachment aft proceeding the matter, arsenic per the Section 64(A) of the Karnataka Forest Act. The officials cleared the encroachment nether the supervision of Mohan Kumar, DCF, K. Ravi, Assistant Conservator of Forests, Geetha V. Naik, Range Forest Officer of Choradi, and different officials.