5,000 sqft grabbed land freed in city

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An enforcement team comprising officers and staff of BDA, BMC, GA Department and Commissionerate Police evicted a 5,000-sq ft area of Government land which was encroached by the Maa Sunadei Mahila Samiti at Madhusudan Nagar in the city on Thursday.

An asbestos-roofed house and a 200-ft-long boundary wall built on the Plot No 484, Khata No 584 were demolished, said an official release.

The squad also excavated the earth for construction of the boundary wall around the same plot.

In the year 2009, the GA Department had allotted the land measuring area 50’ x 35’ (Ac. 0.040 dec.) in favour of the  Sriram Motor Works of Dushasan Nayak. Nayak could not take possession over the said land as part of land was encroached by the Samiti.

On a direction of the High Court, the Director of Estates had passed an order on February 23 to vacate the land in the larger public interest. 

Adequate police personnel had been deployed at the eviceion site, said the release.

Enforcement Officer-II, BDA, Pramod Kumar Patro,liaison Officer Subhransu Sekhar Mohanty, ACP Kishore Chandra Mund and GA Department Under Secretary FX lugun were present, among others.    

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