Staff Reporter
Rawalpindi district administration accompanied by the local police has launched a grand operation against land mafia and retrieved over 171 kanals state and private land from the occupation of the encroachers.
According to a District Administration spokesman, the administration on the directives of Deputy Commissioner Rawalpindi Capt® Anwar ul Haq conducted an operation in ‘Moza Khana Dak’ here in Sadiqabad area and retrieved nearly seven kanals private land from the occupation of land grabbers.
The owner of the land, Amir Hayat had given an application to the Deputy Commissioner in an open kutchery against the land grabbers.
The operation was conducted under the supervision of Additional Deputy Commissioner Revenue (ADCR) Capt. ® Muhammad Shoaib Ali, AC Saddar and ASP Saddar.
Meanwhile, an operation was also conducted in ‘Kalyam Awan area, Gujar Khan’ and nearly six kanals state land was retrieved.
The operation was conducted under the supervision of Assistant Commissioner Gujar Khan Hira Rizwan and Revenue Officers concerned.
Similarly, 96 kanals state land was also retrieved in ‘Moza Kaka Circle Bora Hayal, Kahuta Tehsil’.
The operation was supervised by Assistant Commissioner Kahuta Rabia Sial and the land which was under the occupation of the land mafia from last six years was recovered.
An operation was conducted in ‘Moza Ahal Paswal’, Taxila under the supervision of Assistant Commissioner Taxila Shahzad Mehboob and the Revenue officers concerned.
The spokesman informed that 62 kanals and 16 marlas state land worth Rs 200 million was retrieved.
“Operation against the illegal constructions was carried out in ‘Moza Ahal Paswal’, Taxila and the land was retrieved from the occupation of the encroachers,” he added.
The district administration as per the orders of the Prime Minister Imran Khan and Punjab Chief Minister has issued strict instructions to all the departments concerned to map out illegal encroachments and take strict action against them, he said.
The DC Rawalpindi had directed the ACs of all tehsils of the district to expedite the operation against illegal constructions from their respective areas on the directives of the Punjab government.
He said, the victims of the land mafia should give applications to the administration as the authorities concerned were making all out efforts against encroachers and a grand operation purely on merit was underway in the district.
According ADCR Muhammad Shoaib, the administration was making hectic efforts to retrieve all the encroached land from the occupation of the land mafia. All available resources would be utilized to make the grand operation a success, he added.
Meanwhile, Capital Development Authority retrieved 250 kanal government’s land from land mafia by conducting operations in Sanyari and Chontra here on Friday.
According to detail, the administration of CDA is continuously conducting operations against encroachments, illegal constructions, and land grabbers in the city. Operations are being conducted under the supervision of the department of Enforcement.
Heavy machinery of the department of MPO is being used for carrying these operations. 110 rooms, 51 boundary walls, 38 DPC, 52 washrooms, 20 kitchens, and 35 water tankers were demolished during the operation of CDA in Chontra.
More than 200 kanal land was retrieved by operation. Similarly, CDA also conducted operation in Sanyari and retrieved more than 50 kanal land.
The land mafia had done constructions at the land of CDA on both the said places. The mafia was also involved in illegal buying and selling of the land. They were also doing new constructions at the site.
