Rs 18 cr notice to AM/NS for encroachment on govt land

Following the survey, officials recovered encroachment successful 18 pockets — 10 of which were by AM/NS, portion the remaining were by individuals who had built shops, dhabas, hotels, etc.

Paritosh and his teams carried retired hearings with the AM/NS officials and subsequently issued a punishment announcement of Rs 18 crore implicit encroachment connected 80,000 quadrate metres of land.  They besides removed encroachment done by individuals and cleared 52,000 quadrate metres of onshore astatine Hazira.

District medication officials recovered that the compound partition erected by AM/NS had go an obstacle for regular traffic. With the institution failing to region the wall, they cleared astir 100 metres of land.

Talking to The Indian Express, Paritosh said, “The compound partition was made earlier, but the road roads were broadened arsenic a effect of which the partition country fell nether roadworthy margin. The road authorities had earlier fixed notices to AM/NS, but they failed to act. We besides visited the spot and talked to the institution authorities and requested them to demolish it but they failed. So we took enactment connected Tuesday and demolished the full wall.”

“The encroached onshore successful 10 pockets by AM/NS is astir 80,000 quadrate metres, and this encroachment was done astir 30 years ago. If the institution fails to wage the penalty, we volition study to higher authorities successful territory administration, and later, we volition instrumentality action. Once the institution pays the penalty, the aboriginal people of action… volition beryllium decided. Whether to merchantability the onshore to the institution oregon instrumentality possession of onshore volition beryllium decided aft consultation with officials of higher authorities,” helium further said.

AM/NS did not respond to calls seeking a effect connected the matter.

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