Punjab Rural Development & Panchayats Minister Laljit Singh Bhullar on Wednesday said the state government has reclaimed illegally encroached 850 acres of panchayat land in village Dadyal of block Dasuya in district Hoshiarpur.
After taking possession of the government land, Bhullar said the market value of this land is over Rs.170 Crore. He said out of the total 1013 acres of panchayat land in this village, 115 acres were previously vacated from encroachers through voluntary relinquishment, while the two cases of 49 acres of panchayat land are pending in courts.
He said the state government is committed to freeing the land from illegal encroachments, adding that no person involved in encroaching government land, regardless of their influence, will be spared.
Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann had personally supervised a government drive to take possession of illegally encroached prime land of 2828 acres, the largest ever land chunk, in Block Majri of district SAS Nagar.