The State Government has brought 110 acres of encroached land to its custody during 2014-15 in the capital city of Bhubaneswar. According to a reply of a query of BJD MlA Priyadarshi Mishra, it was revealed in the Assembly that the GA Department has already acquired around 110 acres of Government land encroached at different places in the city as on February 9.
A Central Enforcement Monitoring Committee has been constituted under the chairmanship of the Bhubaneswar Development Authority Vice Chairman to expedite eviction drive in the city on September 9 last year, the House was informed. Among others, the Director of Estates of the General Administration, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Commissioner and the Odisha State Housing Board Secretary are the members of the enforcement committee.