The joint eviction team of the BDA, BMC, GAD and Commissionerate police on Friday retrieved 3.5 acres of encroached Government land in the Kargil Road area adjoining the boundary wall of the Biju Patnaik International Airport.
Requisition had been made by the Airport Director on March 2 for removal of the encroachments which were causing security hazards.
The eviction team demolished a volley club constructed inside the Government land near Pokhariput Square adjacent to the airport boundary, Bhimtangi Mahema Ashram, three RCC structures and ten small boundary walls.
Two excavators were engaged for the eviction drive which was supervised by BDA Enforcement Officer Pramod Kumar Patra and many other senior officials. Two platoons of gents APR and one section of woman force were also deployed at the spot to maintain law and order situation.