Encroachers

From there, the district administration of Sirsa began the legal procedures, sending show cause notices to encroachers, using revenue, municipal and police resources to remove encroachers, but faced stiff resistance on the ground.

CM Dhami also said that it would be better if the illegal encroachers themselves leave the encroachment.

However, the residents maintained that the writ petition should have been entertained and adjudicated on merit as official records would go against the government’s assertion that the residents are encroachers.

On Saturday about 100 workers along with earthmovers demolished buildings and evicted encroachers.

So, only 96 encroachers are in BMC limit.

Togbe Dzegblade pledged their resolve to help the University ward off encroachers of the school’s lands.

Also, it was alleged that encroachers and tenants were allowed to occupy Waqf properties against the Waqf Properties Lease Rules, thus causing losses to the Board.

In a startling revelation, it was noted that the RTO seemed willing to surrender the land to the encroachers but was reluctant to install CCTV cameras.

The officials, without verifying records, have labelled several fellow villagers as encroachers and issued eviction notices, he alleged.

Mr Moses Wakisa, a resident of Kiwula Village, said they might lose all their crops to encroachers.

These individuals have built large structures on the rivers and riverbanks in almost every division, yet it is not possible to demolish them because the encroachers are so powerful.

A Division Bench comprising of Chief Justice Sanjoy Karol and Justice Arindam Lodh ordered the police and revenue department to identify the purported encroachers and evict them.

File picture of clashes between the police and the encroachers who were being evicted from Jawaharbagh in Mathura.

The group was started in 2008 by 45 known forest encroachers to get themselves out of jail whenever they were arrested by NFA officials.

Tororo — Wetland encroachers in Tororo District have vowed not to leave unless government provides an alternative source of livelihood.

Sources said that the JDA’s anti-encroachment teams are needed to be strengthened with adequate security ring to get the land vacated from the encroachers.