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Officials in the Srinagar district of central Kashmir have listed a total of 6926 patches of land registered under separate Kharsa numbers with the revenue Department of Jammu Kashmir as state land - out of them 6426 patches of state land have been encroached, while 503 patches of land are lying vacant. Documents accessed by The Kashmiriyat show that a total of 1,65, 182 Kanals (20647.7478) of land across seven tehsils of Srinagar have been marked as state land under various categories including Banjar e Qadeem, Khul, Maliyari, Gair Mumkin, Maidani, Bathoo among others. ALSO READ: State land ‘retrieval’ drives intensified across Kashmir: Here is the area wise list of state land in Anantnag The Jammu Kashmir admin has launched a massive drive to evict state land from the "encroachers" ...

Officials on Wednesday launched an anti-encroachment drive in several places of Anantnag district, in pursuance of the orders of the Jammu Kashmir administration that ordered the removal of encroachers on the state land by January 31. The official said that the drives have been launched in all the districts of Jammu Kashmir to remove encroachments on the entire State and Kahcharai land and in this regard, the concerned Tehsildars have asked the encroachers to vacate the state land within a week, failure to do so will result in strict action. "200 Kanal, 11 marlas of state land have been recovered in Larnoo's Dessu area in Anantnag. More state is to be retrieved in the area. The land had been illegally occupied by encroachers," the Tehsildar of Larnoo confirmed. Details available w...

Protests hit Jammu on Friday morning after authorities demolished several houses in the Roopnagar area of the erstwhile state's winter capital. A victim of the demolition drive said that they have been living in the area for more than several decades before the Jammu Development Department came into existence. "We have been living here from before India got independence in 1947. How have we suddenly become illegal occupants," a protesting woman whose house was demolished said. Alleging that the Muslim residents are being selectively targeted, the angry residents said that the houses of several leaders from the ruling party are also built under the Roshni Act. If our houses are being demolished, why is BJP not demolishing the houses of its leaders, the victims asked. Visuals from t...