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Special drive launched in Punjab to vacate illegal encroachments on panchayat lands

Chandigarh, April 28 (UNI) In order to remove the illegal encroachments from panchayat lands across Punjab, the Department of Rural development and Panchayats has launched a special drive on Thursday and freed 29 acres of panchayat land worth crores of value at Abhipur village under Block Majri, near New Chandigarh.
The officials took the possession of panchayat land in the presence of the Rural Development and Panchayat Minister Kuldeep Dhaliwal, senior officials of the Revenue Department and the Rural Development and Panchayat Department.
Giving the details, minister Dhaliwal said that Bikram Singh encroached this panchayat land since 2007 even Collector of SAS Nagar had issued orders for removal of encroachments in 2014, but panchayat department could not take over the possession due to some trivial legal hurdles.
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