JAMMU: A joint teamof forest & Forest Protection Force staff of Kalidhar Forest Range and Police personnel have retrieved 400 Kanals of forest land falling in Compartment No:- 33/K in Village Balli from the illegal possession of Ram Dass S/o Sh. Jalla Ram R/o Balli , Sita Ram S/o Sh. Kirpa Ram, Dev Raj S/o Singu Ram, Kamblu S/o Jalla Ram, Joginder Lal S/o Shanker Dass and Shakti Kumar S/o Singhu Ram by removing brushwood fencing from Forest Land.
In an anti encroachment drive, Dr.V.S.Senthil Kumar, Divisional Forest Officer Jammu has constituted a team comprising of Sh. Suresh Kumar Block Officer Khour, Sh. Surjeet Singh Block Officer, Choura Block and Vinay Kumar Block Officer, Chowki Block. The whole operation was carried out in presence of police and Naib Tehsilder as Duty Magistrate.
The Operation was carried out under the supervision of Dr.V.S.Senthil Kumar, IFS, Divisional Forest Officer Jammu. While contacting DFO Jammu, he mentioned that staff faced resistance however, was able to retrieve 400 Kanals of Forest land from the possession of encroacher. The team also removed brushwood fencing.
The Forest Offence Report (FOR) for violation of Section 6 of J&K Forest Act has also been registered against the said encroachers. The encroacher has taken the advantage being the Forest land falling in interior area. He further added that the department is taking measures to prevent encroachment on Forest land at any cost. The encroachers are hell bent upon the forest land to get it encroached, however the field staff are on the Job to remove the encroachment and prevent it.
The Chief Conservator of Forest Jammu Mr. Roshan Jaggi and Conservator of Forest East Circle, Jammu Sh. B.M Sharma had appreciated the effort of joint team of staff engaged in retrieving the forest land.