Confusion on eviction of encroached land

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangalore, Oct 15, 2014:  Karnataka Pranta Raitha Sangha (KPRS) State President Maruti Manpade has urged the State government not to create confusion in the minds of people on eviction of encroached government land.  Addressing a press meet here, he said that Minister for Forest, Ecology and Environment Ramanath Rai had stated that the government will not clear below 10 acre encroached land.

However, the government has submitted an affidavit to the High Court that it would clear 1,10,626 families who have encroached 2,04,442 acres of forest land.

Manpade said that Namma Bengaluru Foundation and S RHiremutt had submitted a writ petitions in the High Court, to urge the State government to implement recommendations of V Balasubramanian committee report. The committee had projected Bagarhukum land holders as land grabbers. Following the writ petition, the government had started issuing notices to the farmers to vacate the encroached land.

“The government has laid down several conditions to give land to poor near BBMP, city corporation and city municipal corporation limits, but it has sanctioned thousands of acre land to Ashok Kheny. It is considering agro based industries as ‘farmers,” he said.