Srinagar, Jun 03 (KNS): The forest division of Madwa Friday retrieved 300 kanals of land in South Kashmir, which was illegally occupied by the locals in the area.
According to KNS correspondent, an official of forest division Madwa said that a joint operation of Forest Police Force (FPF), police and other senior officials was today launched in Sukhnai Wadwin in which the officials retrieved 300 kanals of land from the encroachers.
The DFO of forest division Madwa, Vijay Kumar was also present during the land was retrieved.
“The officers and forces after launching the operation successfully retrieved the land from encroachers,” he said.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp Channel
Earlier, Minister for Forests and Environment Lal Singh has warned the forest land encroachers of strict action and has said that protection of environment and forests is the most important issue in the world at the moment.
“We will not allow any encroachments on forest land at any cost. I have devised a plan to make the fencing around the forest areas but we need estimated Rs 8000 crore for that which is a huge sum. But with the present resources we will start fencing around the areas which are vulnerable for encroachments,” he said. (KNS)