- By this operation 4 Kanals of Forest Land falling under Co.5/Chowadi of Khasra No.371 have been saved
JAMMU: The Jammu Forest Division has carried out anti encroachment drive at Sunjwan where twoconcrete structures were dismantled with the help of JCB in Compartment No.5/C Khasra No. 371 Bahu Game Reserve in the presence of Duty Magistrate Dr. Owais Ahmed, IAS, Tehsildar Bahu, Sh. Chandan Kohli, IPS, Sub Divisional Police Officer Jammu East.
The Forest team comprising around 40 staffs headed by Miss Jyotsana, IFS , Asstt. Conservator of Forests Sh.Ajit Chander, Range Officer Bahu under the direct supervision of Dr. V.S.Senthil Kumar, IFS, Divisional Forest Officer Jammu. The whole operation was videographed. During this operation, JCB and Tipper of Jammu Municipal Corporation was pressed into service.
During the operation heavy stone pelting was started by the encroachers and their supporters where the one helper of Jammu Municipal Corporation Tipper was injured while pursuing the duty. The Anti Encroachment vehicle Tata Mobile of Jammu Forest Division Jammu was damaged by Stone pelters during the operation. The encroachers who have constructed concrete structures on forest land are Sh. Showkat Ali S/o Allah Rakha, Haider Ali S/o Allah Rakha and Ishtiaq Ahmed Shafu S/o Manzoor Ahmed Shaffu R/o Bhaderwah at present Gujjer Nagar Jammu
The encroachers have planned and restored to stone pelting by organizing people from surrounding areas also. By this Operation 4 Kanals of Forest Land falling under Co.5/Chowadi of Khasra No.371 have been saved. Dr. V.S. Senthil Kumar DFO Jammu has mentioned that it was a massive operation successfully done amidst intensive stone pelting. We have requested the Police to lodge an FIR against the encroachers stone pelters.
Divisional Forest Officer Jammu further added that Forest Department had already requested police to lodge FIR against these offenders involved in many forest offence cases and are habitual forest offenders and accordingly FIR stands registered against Sh.Showkat Ali S/o Allah Rakha in Police Station Trikuta Nagar by No.21/2016. He further mention that the construction work was earlier stopped by Forest staff and Sub Divisional Police Officer Narwal one week back. The forest team reached the spot to dismantle the constructed structure on 24.01.2016. However it could not be carried out due to huge assembly of supporters of the encroachers. Todays operation was a successful one even though there was stone pelting the encroachment in the form of structures were dismantled.