Pramesh S Jain
The district administration with the help of police personnel recovered over 11.2 acres of government land being encroached by union minister HD Kumaraswamy and others at Kethaganahalli on Tuesday.
Mr.Kumaraswamy had reportedly encroached 5.2 acres of government land and constructed shed and compound for the plantation of aracanut and coconut .
The officials who started the recovery drive marked the encroached land and recovered by putting up stones poles and fenced them before putting up a board to announce the land belonged to the government.
The officials also roped in four JCB’S to remove the encroachments and equal number of tractors to get the stone pillars and fencing materials and labourers to to the job.
As many as 25 police personnel accompanied the DC and the revenue officials who visited kumaraswamy farm house and other encroachers to do the surgery and mark the government land.
The officials also gave the option to the encroachers to remove the encroachment themselves .
The police personnel deployed at the sensitive areas during the encroachment recovery drive to monitor law and order .