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SRINAGAR: The Department of Wildlife Protection is envisaging on an ambitious plan of retrieving the Government Land, in this connection, on the directions of the Chief Wildlife Warden, J&K and the Deputy Commissioner, Budgam vide order No: DCB/SO/20/Hokersar/3092-99 Dated: 19-02-2020 directed for a joint demolition drive which was successfully conducted today on 22-02-2020 under Soibugh Beat of Lakes Range, Hokersar, Srinagar by the Wetlands Division, Kashmir headed by Mst Ifshana Dewan, Wildlife Warden in cooperation with the Mst. Nusrat Aziz, Tehsildar, Budgam and the special reinforcement provided by the Central Division, Dachigam, Srinagar, Forest Protection Force, Srinagar and the Station House Officer, Budgam proved very effective in removing the encroachment and retrieved around two kanals of Government land raised the tin shed to ground, demolished tin fencing errected around the periphery, confiscated the construction material used for the illegal encroachment.
The Range Officers of this Division Sh. Suhail Yousuf Qazi, Sh. Mukhtar Ahmad, Sh. Md. Ashraf and Sh. Feroz Nazir alongwith the field functionaries played a pivotal role in anti-encroachment drive.
During the course of action the locals resisted the demolition drive and gave a stiff resistance, pelted stones on the demolition party in which Tehsildar, Budgam and Wildlife Warden sustained minor injuries besides some more officials were injured by the protesting locals. The Police reinforcement swiftly swung into action and controlled the situation from going out of the hands.
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